| EMPIRELINE | Clothing style for a dress with a fitted bodice ending just below the bust and with a long, loose gathered skirt (6,4) |
| DIRNDL | Alpine peasant dress with a fitted bodice and full skirt (6) |
| WAIST | Tailor's measurement between the bust and the hips |
| HERON | Large wading bird with long legs and with a long s-shaped neck |
| SKATERDRESS | *Garment with a fitted waist and flared bottom |
| BREECHES | Trousers ending just below the knee (8) |
| CAPRIS | Pants ending just below the knees |
| MIDI | Casual or colloquial word for the south of France; or, a skirt or a dress with a hemline falling to the calf (4) |
| CHAPLET | Laurel wreath, of the kind put on the bust of Henry Wood at the Last Night of the Proms |
| NOTARY | Try on a dress with a legal official (6) |
| DECOLLETAGE | A dress with a low-cut necklace (11) |
| RUFFLE | You know how I bought a dress with a ___ on it? ... |
| ASYMMETRIC | Like a dress with a diagonal hemline, say |
| UNIT | Subdivision of a larger military body; one of a set of cupboards or cabinets forming a fitted kitchen; a standard measure of a quantity; or, an educational course credit (4) |
| KIMONO | A long, loose traditional Japanese robe with wide sleeves, tied with a sash (6) |
| TWEED | Unfortunately, bicker about who's first with good knowledge of cutesy Hollywood ending just south of the border (7-4-5) |
| BERWICK | Unfortunately, bicker about who's first with good knowledge of cutesy Hollywood ending just south of the border (7-4-5) |
| UPON | Unfortunately, bicker about who's first with good knowledge of cutesy Hollywood ending just south of the border (7-4-5) |
| DIRNDLS | Ladies' dresses with a full gathered skirt and fitted bodice. (7) |
| BASTINADO | It's bad on a bust and torture on the soles of the feet |
