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Adjective order for the description of clothing

To make your description of clothing and accessories interesting, you need to be able to "paint a picture with words". A picture can be painted by a series of adjectives. The following word order is recommended for arranging adjectives (always before the noun).

Opinion and facts

For example:

• Opinion fact noun: A (a, the, that, her etc.) lovely blue dress
• A (a, the, that, her etc.) stylish silk tie

"Lovely" and "stylish" are opinion adjectives and always go before the fact adjectives which give objective information about size, shape, colour, etc.

Order of fact adjectives

If more than two or more fact adjectives are used, the normal word order follows this pattern:

• Size - Length
• Shape or form-fitting
• Colour
• Pattern
• Origin
• Fabric
• Noun

Examples:

1. A short tight black and white chequered English tweed skirt.
2. Large baggy striped red and yellow Indian cotton trousers.