peasantwear

English

Etymology

From peasant ‎ -wear.

Noun

peasantwear (uncountable)

Clothing to be worn by peasants.
- 1968, Fielding’s Travel Guide to Europe, Fielding Publications, →LCCN, page 206:
  Lanz (Kärntnerstrasse 10 in Vienna, Schwarzstrasse 4 in Salzburg, and Wilhelm Greilstrasse in Innsbruck) is internationally known for its sportswear and peasantwear—probably the most famous establishment of its kind in Europe.
- 1995, Elinor Lipman, Isabel’s Bed, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 1:
  Since I was looking for literary prophecies—that I’d write a best-seller or at least find an agent—and because my tea-leaf reader wore, in a room full of gauzy peasantwear, a knock-off Chanel suit, I moved on to another booth.
- 1996, Damien Bona, Starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan: Hollywood’s All-Time Worst Casting Blunders, Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 217:
  Also on hand [in The Pride and the Passion] are Cary Grant as a captain from the British Royal Navy who wants the cannon for the English when Miguel’s gang is through with it; and Sophia Loren as a hot-blooded wench whose main function in terms of plot is to cause jealous friction between her two male costars, but whose bottom-line purpose was to lure male moviegoers into theaters with her low-cut peasantwear.
- 2001, The Fashion Book, Phaidon, →ISBN, page 492:
  He takes a successful stab at anything futuristic: from cellophane-wrapped neon punks and abstract oriental peasantwear, to poetic stark white.
- 2004, Jennifer McFann, laveideM, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, pages 107–108:
  The earthy tones of peasantwear were flattering to his skin tones, but poorly dyed wool doesn’t say “on a royal mission” like the flashy colors and silky fabrics of nobility do.
- 2008, Paul Ruditis, Drama!: Show, Don’t Tell, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, pages 184–185:
  Her breasts were more subdued than in the get-up she’d worn on Friday, but it was still rather flattering peasantwear.
- 2013, Romania & Bulgaria, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 47, column 2:
  This [Burebista Vanatoresc] is a touristy, traditional grill restaurant, where the staff don 19th-century peasantwear and everything feels kind of forced.