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power-dressed, a. Brit. |ˈpaʊədrɛst|, U.S. |ˈpaʊ(ə)rˌdrɛst| [‹ power n.1 + dressed adj., after power dressing n. Compare power dress v.] Esp. of a woman: dressed in such a way as to convey efficiency, self-confidence, and assertiveness.
1987Times 15 June 17/3 Diane Davies has the looks of today's power-dressed businesswoman. 1989N.Y. Woman Oct. 70/1 Very few under-forty types;..a few young power-dressed couples. 1993J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 4 Feminism, in its mass market version, led to the power-dressed career girl of the Eighties. 2001Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 22 Apr. The 1980s soap Dynasty, where she played the scheming, power-dressed Alexis Carrington. |