cocktail length

English

Noun

cocktail length (uncountable)

1. The length of a cocktail dress, typically around knee length.
   • 1956, Billboard, page 92:

     Esther Groscurth was striking in a Grecian wrapped bodice of red crepe with nylon accordion-pleated skirt of cocktail length.

   • 2009, Jill Martin, Pierre A. Lehu, Fashion For Dummies, page 194:

     If you wear a dress, cocktail length is the way to go (obviously). That means that your dress should hit your leg right below the knee, as shown in Figure 11-1.