Meanings
- uncountableClothing to be worn on the weekend.
Her weekendwear is by The Gap; his, Polo by Ralph Lauren.
1987 winter, Weekends (a supplement to Working Woman), page 25 more examples
The sportswear picture which often transplants the ski look to summer fun, is further, filled in by the trend to coordinates in smart weekendwear.
1963 March 28, “New Sportswear Hails Navy and Western Influence”, in Hope Star, volume 64, number 139, Hope, Ark., page sevenAwash with whimsy…the Adrienne Vittadini way with weekendwear.
1985 February 19, The Boston Phoenix, page 8These brands they believe, appeal to their conservative customer’s need for more relaxed weekendwear.
1988 February 8, Jean Palmieri, “Merchandise Mix Continues Dramatic Shift”, in DNR, volume 18, number 26, page 17Selection ranges from weekendwear to suits and businesswear.
2001, Daisy Finer, Erica Youngren, Where to Wear, 2002 Edition: The “Black Book” for London Shopping, New York, N.Y.; London: Fairchild & Gallagher, →ISBN, page 108Money was being spent up there, he thought to himself, as it was on the floor below, a mall through which he wandered, observing the shops selling ‘formalwear’ and ‘weekendwear’ and leather goods and golf clubs and cut crystal and oil paintings of the coastline.
2005, Jeremy Sheldon, The Smiling Affair, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 181
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