autumnwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From autumn + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: our Joyce autumnwear: very artful per-sueding
ref: 1968 August 23, Journal Herald, 161st year, number 203, Dayton, Ohio, page 41:
text: Get into the flavor of fall with our fun collection of autumnwear.
ref: 1973 November 1, The News and Observer, volume CCXVI, number 124, Raleigh, N.C.:
text: Washable acrylic knits to update your autumnwear, in sizes S,M,L.
ref: 1978 September 24, Roto (The Pittsburgh Press), page 3:
text: Sue Brett autumnwear reflects the new fashion trend of free-flowing frocks and exciting new dimensions in texture, as typified by our terrycloth dresses fashioned from a blend of Celanese Arnel® triacetate and nylon.
ref: 1978 November 6, The El Paso Times, 98th year, number 310, El Paso, Tex., page 7-A:
text: The new season’s collection has just arrived with some splendid examples of autumnwear; […]
ref: 1979 October 17, Birmingham Evening Mail, page 13:
text: Misses’ Pastel Skirts For Pretty Autumnwear
ref: 1981 November 6, Berwick Enterprise, volume 79, number 156, Berwick, Pa., page 3:
text: Now accepting quality fashionable autumnwear.
ref: 1986 August 20, Herald Express, Torquay, Dev., page 15:
text: Huge selection of exciting autumnwear just arrived.
ref: 1986 October 9, Derby Evening Telegraph, number 32,786, page 59:
text: THIS velour overcoat is part of the New England collection of autumnwear at Country Casuals.
ref: 1987 September 4, Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercur, number 207, page 32:
text: Comes the change of season and the ladies put away the summerwear and take out the autumnwear — or go out and buy new things for the fall.
ref: 1988 September 18, Courier-Post, page 17D:
text: Marks and Spencer, long recognised for their high quality clothes, are reflecting the season’s most classic cuts in their new range of autumnwear.
ref: 1988 September 22, Helen Nowicka, “Keeping it simple”, in The Derby Express, number 118, page 11:
text: Our Shades Of Autumn fashion show features 38 stunning scenes of autumnwear - for trendy tots, beautiful brides, the discerning man and fashion-conscious women of all ages.
ref: 1989 September 25, “Spectacular Shades”, in Hull Daily Mail, page 8:
text: SHOWCASE OF AUTUMNWEAR
ref: 1991 August 23, Standard-Speaker, volume 125, number 35,724, Hazleton, Pa., page 3:
text: Eden students model autumnwear
ref: 1992 October 20, The Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wis., page A5:
text: “We will be showing one of the city’s best selections of designer autumnwear.”
ref: 1995 August 8, Hull Daily Mail, page 25:
text: Mums and Dads are not left out either with a new autumnwear range recently stocked including coats, pullovers, shirts, you name it.
ref: 1996 October 30, Burton Mail, number 30,856, page 26:
text: The shops are full of autumnwear, so what do we wear until then, asks Susannah Frankel
ref: 1997 August 23, “Contents”, in The Guardian Weekend, page 3:
text: Am gonna design a line of autumnwear based on couture collections.
ref: 2005, Jasmin Oliver, Gucci Girls: Cutting It, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 243:
text: The 0.6% rise in sales volumes, after an August dip blamed on the Olympics, was driven by a 2% jump for clothing and shoes as shoppers stocked up on autumnwear and school uniforms.
ref: 2012 October 18, “High Street sales show surprise jump”, in Evening Standard, page 53:
glosses: Clothing to be worn in autumn.
Synonyms: fallwear