| 单词 | dress reform |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdress reform dress reform n. now historical the reform of women's dress called for in the 19th cent., with the aim of making clothes more practical and comfortable.The dress reform movement flourished from the mid to late 19th cent. in Britain and the United States; fundamental change in women's fashion was not however achieved until the 1920s. ΚΠ 1851 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 30 July 2/3 An editorial on the subject of the dress reform. 1874 Literary World Dec. 100/1 The most difficult task in the whole enterprise of dress reform is to enlist women in high places in the cause. 2014 R. Vickers Every Possession Has Hist. 45 In the late 1840s, just before the dress reform movement, the undergarments..worn by a woman weighed as much as 6.35 kilograms. < as lemmas |
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