new look

American  

noun

1. a new or changed appearance, approach, etc., especially one characterized by marked departure from the previous or traditional one.

2. (usually initial capital letters) a style of women's clothing introduced by the designer Christian Dior in 1947, characterized by a silhouette with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, a long, full skirt, and often emphasized hips.

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New Look British  

noun

1. a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts

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Other Word Forms

• new-look adjective

Example Sentences

In the 1940s, the influence of Christian Dior's New Look cinched waists were apparent, then in the 1950s, references to Spanish fashion house Balenciaga's more voluminous style emerged in the Queen's clothes, says de Guitaut.

From BBC

The new look of Starbucks interiors indeed feels trendy and warm, with plenty of plush fabric or leather cushions to sit on, green walls and potted plants, and midcentury design elements in the chairs and counters that give the overwhelming feeling of being inside your Pinterest-addict-friend’s apartment.

From Slate

Increasingly desperate and under pressure to make progress, supervisors urged agents and analysts to take a new look at what they had, including the data from T-Mobile—reflecting phone locations based on internet usage—that investigators had set aside years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

Creating the new look took about three months.

From Los Angeles Times

The company is trying to get a new look from consumers with more creative marketing.

From The Wall Street Journal

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