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Watteau back
noun
- a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.
Watteau back
noun
- a section at the back of a woman's dress that is caught in pleats or gathers at the neck and falls unbelted to the floor
Word History and Origins
Origin of Watteau back1
Example Sentences
“From the front it looks like a classic dress but once she turned around you saw that amazing draped Watteau back. It’s an 18th-century style named after the painter,” he explained.
"From the front it looks like a classic dress but once she turned around you saw that amazing draped Watteau back. It's an 18th-century style named after the painter," he explained.
Marion Cotillard was one of the first to walk the red carpet in a polka dot cutout Christian Dior Haute Couture dress with a Watteau back.
It is cut low in the neck, and has those sleeves which open above the elbow, and a watteau back.
I told Mademoiselle Leroe to make it in that style; that little watteau back is so very becoming to small girls.
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