Meaning of adultwear | Babel Free

Definitions

Clothing for adults.

uncountable

Examples

“It is questioned if related separates sales in the boyswear department can show the increase in sales that has been exhibited by adultwear.”

““However, since it’s hard to differentiate clothing for this group from other adultwear, no strict standards for flame retardant clothing for older adults have been set yet,” the specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, said.”

“On the ground floor, […] the Royal Irish Silver section (see below); the Irish Lace section (all types of Carrickmacross); the Irish Handknits section (adultwear, $21 up; children’s wear, $9.25 up); the Man’s Shop, which has everything for HIM.”

“With the major growth today in adultwear, it was extremely important to maintain the quota levels on both traditional and non-traditional apparel so that the total quota in any category could not be used exclusively for adultwear.”

“The UK childrenswear market certainly needs a fillip - consumer spending on childrenswear grew by just 1.5% in 1997 to reach £3.27bn. in contrast, the adultwear market grew by 7.1% (its highest level since 1988).”

“Estella stocks baby clothes from designers who also do adultwear – from Three Dots, Antik Batik, and Judith Lacroix, among others.”

“The brown tonalities that were favoured in 1880s adultwear were also frequently seen in Jumeau dolls.”

“Arguably, in an age before childrenswear comprised scaled-down versions of ‘adultwear’, they [shorts] helped children to think and behave like children.”

“Human ecology determines consideration and impact of toxic materials and their concentration present in clothing, taking into account the application areas (kidswear, adultwear, lingerie, home textiles etc.).”

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