well-dressed

[ wel-drest ]

/ ˈwɛlˈdrɛst /

attired in clothing that is of good quality, is properly fitted, and is appropriate and becoming.

Origin of well-dressed

First recorded in 1570–80

In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion |Nina Strochlic |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
A well-dressed young man engaged him in conversation, and mentioned that he was a musician.

Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa |Nina Strochlic |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“This poor guy has a pea coat on,” he says, pointing to a well-dressed youngster in the front row.

Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? |David Freedlander |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Handsome and well-dressed, he was happily in his second marriage, to Winnie, a beautiful and glamorous social worker.

Mandela, My Source: One Journalist’s Memory of Clandestine Meetings |Benjamin Pogrund |December 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The caller told him of seeing a well-dressed man and woman carrying the cooler in the vicinity of where it had been found.

Baby Hope Killer Confesses After 22 Years |Michael Daly |October 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At the end of the reading, all eyes were directed to the well-dressed and gentlemanly-looking Adolphus.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 9, 1841 |Various
Sunday I shall go to walk with Votini, the well-dressed boy who is always polishing himself up, and who is so envious of Derossi.

Cuore (Heart) |Edmondo De Amicis
Some well-dressed men, in a state of strong drink, were boasting of their respective places of nativity.

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward |Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
She would have turned then and there and flown but for the swift picture she had of a well-dressed man at a table.

The Million Dollar Mystery |Harold MacGrath
A smart, well-dressed sailor sat at the table, his head bent over books and papers, apparently doing exercises by candle-light.

Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood

well-dressed

neatly, expensively, or fashionably attired