Definition of "eveningwear" [eveningwear]

• Evening attire and accessories for women. (noun)

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• "While the eveningwear might be a little too daring for your average celebrity - reality TV stars excepted - it was expertly constructed."
• "She's the one who told us to focus on eveningwear, Chapman said."
• "Pamella DeVos, designer of eveningwear label Pamella Roland, says she used to think about anti-fur activists when creating her runway collection but no longer does."