1. alpacinoutd

    alpacinoutd Senior Member

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    A specific name for the type of dress she's wearing?

    Discussion in 'Word Mechanics' started by alpacinoutd, Apr 12, 2023.

    Is there a specific name for the type of dress she's wearing?



    How can it be described? For a piece of memoir-type writing, and since someone I love used to always wear dresses like that, I want to have a precise description of this type of dress.
     
  2. Bruce Johnson

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    Can you be a little specific please? We aren't mind readers.
     
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    Those look like jeans to me.
     
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    alpacinoutd Senior Member

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    Can you see the video? I'm talking about the dress the woman is wearing:

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    I'm asking if there's a name for that kind of dress and how its shape, those things on her shoulders, the pattern, etc can be described.
     
  5. Bruce Johnson

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    That's what I thought, I'm assuming maybe the OP is referring to one of the dancers in the background?
     
  6. Bruce Johnson

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    Those are jeans. The shirt I would call a tank or tank top, but I'll leave it to the women and more fashion knowledge members of this forum to give a better description. I thought it had a floral pattern at first but can't tell really.
     
  7. Bruce Johnson

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    Actually after a quick Google, the shirt is probably closer to a 'crop top' rather than a tank top but even that may not be the best description which is why I should have refrained from replying to this thread.
     
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    You need to be more specific about who in the picture you are referring to. The woman in the foreground isn't wearing a dress. There is a woman in the background that is wearing a green dress that definitely works for her. But that exhausts my fashion knowledge.
     
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    I think he's using the word dress in the more generic sense, like 'how she's dressed'. Or as a replacement for 'her attire'. Keep in mind, English is his second language. And yeah, I don't have enough knowledge of women's fashions to say what the heck kind of top that is!
     
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    The woman in the jeans is wearing a crop top with short flutter sleeves
     
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    the elements of the top include:
    • v neck
    • draw string
    • ruffled sleeves
    • cropped top
    I would describe it as a black speckled cropped top with ruffled sleeves and a draw stringed, v-neck front

    bottoms:
    belted skinny jeans
     
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    Great! :)
     
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    You took the words right out of my mouth :D
     

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