directoire

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
2. (of costume) in the style of the period of the French Directory.

noun

3. French History. directory(def 5).

noun

1. history the French DirectorySee Directory

adjective

2. of, in, or relating to a decorative style of the end of the 18th century in France; a form of neoclassicism
3. characteristic of women’s dress during the French Directory, typically an almost transparent dress with the waistline under the bust