| 单词 | rational dress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrational dress rational dress n. now historical a style of dress for women, designed to afford greater comfort and freedom of movement than conventional attire, esp. for cycling, and characterized by the wearing of bloomers or knickerbockers; (also) an outfit in this style.A movement advocating this form of dress rose to prominence in the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other disguise1340 disguisingc1386 shiftc1570 French cut1606 knaverya1616 small clothes1625 small storesa1643 nugging-dress1699 kilting1721 fancy dress1770 under-habit1772 man-millinery1790 sheen1802 costume1818 ingubu1833 bedizenment1837 tat1839 extravaganza1860 rational dress1873 rubber1876 pearly1890 new look1920 collection1921 Daks1933 smart casual1943 separates1945 trapeze1958 Carnaby Street1965 haute boutique1966 kinderwhore1994 1859 Evening Herald 2 Nov. 2/1 Under a rational method of dress the waist should suffer neither weight nor pressure.] 1873 Echo (London) 27 June 1/4 Appointed a Committee to regularly tackle the subject of rational dress, and see what can be done to promote it. 1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 May 2014/2 A society entitled ‘The Rational Dress Society’ has been formed, under the presidency of the Viscountess Harberton. 1899 Times 25 Sept. 5/4 About half of these were ladies wearing the rational dress. 1932 A. Bott & I. Clephane Our Mothers 4 The freedom of the limbs was neither won nor sought, except by a few cranks for ‘rational dress’. 1981 P. Craig & M. Cadogan Lady Investigates i. 26 The stories contain allusions to rational dress and the new status of women. 2012 J. Walkowitz Nights Out ii. 51 She supported rational dress as a way for women to present themselves in public..unconstrained by inconvenient and constricting fashions. < as lemmas |
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