Directoire style


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Di`rec`toire´ style


1.(Dressmaking) A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greek and Roman costumes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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