prairie dress

Homesteader's modest frock

A prairie dress is a modest, old-fashioned style of women's dress featuring long sleeves, a high neckline, and a full skirt reaching to the ankles, often with ruffles, lace trim, or floral prints.

The style evokes 19th-century American frontier clothing and has seen periodic revivals in fashion: She wore a calico prairie dress to the folk festival.

Prairie dresses are associated with certain religious communities that emphasize modest dress.

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G