Nicknames for Demi: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Demi: | Edit. This name first gained wide attention through the actress Demi Moore, who used it as a short form of her full name, Demetria. It is now being used as an independent name.
In Western fashion history, it's men who are the innovators, and women pick up bits and pieces of it as men abandon them. Women didn't really start wearing pants or trousers in public until the 1930s or so, revealing at least the shape of their lower bodies for the first time. Practicality really isn't high on the list of reasons why people wear the things they do.
Audiences were both fascinated and horrified by glamorous actresses of the time, such as Marlene Dietrich (c. 1901â1992) and Katharine Hepburn (1909â2003), who wore trousers regularly. Though some designers created tailored slack suits for women, wearing pants was still not widely accepted.