dress shirt
noun
: a man's shirt especially for wear with evening dress
broadly
: a shirt suitable for wear with a necktie
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The brand transformed timeless basics such as navy blue dress shirts and pinstriped blazers were reimagined with off-kilter cuts.
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Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
DiCaprio wore a black sport jacket over a maroon dress shirt when he was seen outside his hotel.
—Janelle Ash , Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
To do so, analysts compared the average prices of a few staple clothing items in a household — like a men’s dress shirt, women’s slacks and boys’ jeans — to each city’s median household income.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Jason, 37, wore a pinstriped suit paired with a newsboy cap and a white dress shirt.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 22 July 2025
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Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
DiCaprio wore a black sport jacket over a maroon dress shirt when he was seen outside his hotel.
—Janelle Ash , Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
To do so, analysts compared the average prices of a few staple clothing items in a household — like a men’s dress shirt, women’s slacks and boys’ jeans — to each city’s median household income.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Jason, 37, wore a pinstriped suit paired with a newsboy cap and a white dress shirt.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 22 July 2025
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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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