best bib and tucker
Formal dress ensemble
Best bib and tucker means one's finest clothes, especially formal attire worn for special occasions.
The phrase is old-fashioned and often playful: She put on her best bib and tucker for the wedding.
A bib was once part of formal dress, and a tucker was a decorative cloth worn around the neck and shoulders.
- fineryElegant, showy clothing
- dressed to killExtremely stylishly clothed
- dolled upElaborately dressed or adorned
- glad ragsFancy clothes for celebrations
- putting on the ritzActing extravagantly fancy
all dolled up · regalia · full dress uniform · waistcoat · decked out · spruced up · clothing · attire · black tie affair · petticoat · frock coat · bonnet · war-paint · caparison · cravat · garb · tuxedo · dressed to the nines
formality/quality of dress
best bib and tuckerrags
Torn cloth pieces
tatters · work clothes · casual wear · scruffs · grubbies