calico dress
Multicolored cotton garment
A calico dress is a garment made from calico—a plain-woven cotton fabric, typically printed with small, colorful floral patterns.
The term evokes pioneer America and rural simplicity: She wore a simple calico dress to the barn dance.
Calico dresses appear frequently in historical fiction and period costumes.
- ginghamChecked plain-weave cotton
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- floralOf or like blooms
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- little houseCompact residential structure
pioneer · patchwork · homespun · apron · bonnet · farmhouse · feed sack · flour sack · rustic · vintage · sundress · petticoat · ruffles · checkered · quilted · faded · homestead · country
- vintage fashioncorset, vintage style, vintage clothing, bustle, classic style
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- Cotton Clothingcotton shirt, cotton pants, cotton socks, cotton tee, cotton blouse
- Western Wearcowboy boots, cowboy hats, western shirt, bolo, chaps
- Little HouseLaura Ingalls Wilder
- Civil War attireblue coat, gray coat, kepi, kepis, frock coat
formality/style
calico dressball gown
Formal full-length dress
evening gown · formal gown · couture gown · cocktail dress · silk gown
calico, dress, dresses, dressed, dressing, dresser, undress, undressed