dress shirt
noun
: a man's shirt especially for wear with evening dress
broadly
: a shirt suitable for wear with a necktie
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This came through styles like a dress shirt and matching skirt designed with various stripes, a T-shirt dress paired with a pleated skirt and an army trenchcoat with pleated details.
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Emily Mercer, WWD, 19 June 2024
On a warm Wednesday afternoon in March, a team of Colleyville property investors, clad in loafers and dress shirts, filed into Fort Worth’s city hall chamber with an ambitious proposal.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
Badgley was dressed in his costume for the shoot — a white dress shirt and slacks — alongside Grande, who donned a black leather Catwoman-esque costume.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
The black buttons down the front of his white dress shirt added additional accents to the look.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2024
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Emily Mercer, WWD, 19 June 2024
On a warm Wednesday afternoon in March, a team of Colleyville property investors, clad in loafers and dress shirts, filed into Fort Worth’s city hall chamber with an ambitious proposal.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
Badgley was dressed in his costume for the shoot — a white dress shirt and slacks — alongside Grande, who donned a black leather Catwoman-esque costume.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
The black buttons down the front of his white dress shirt added additional accents to the look.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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