directoire

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French - Turkish
[le] direktuvar
French - English
{n} directory, guidebook
directory
{n} directorship
English - English
Pertaining to a style of dress common during this period, characterised by extravagant, Classically-inspired designs

Leafing through them now, I notice how orderly the early ones are: drawings of boxy Jasper Conran Chanel-esque jackets and gauzy Galliano directoire dresses, annotations on how Patsy Kensit showed her bum! at a Westwood show .

The ruling executive of revolutionary France, from 1795-1799, or the period governed by this body
Pertaining to a style of furniture, decoration etc. prevalent during this period

They prefer concerts and auctions to canasta and golf, are likely to spend the time their mothers relegated to ladies' luncheons to tracking down a Directoire commode for the foyer, just the right bronze for the living-room mantle.

Furniture designed during the era of the French Revolution, it bridges the more formal Louis XVI and the more restrained Empire style
Period (1792-1804) following the French Revolution when royal decoration was replaced by classic ornament Simple, graceful furniture which showed Greek and Roman influence was popular