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It makes a woman's dress stand out (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crinoline

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'dress stand out' is the definition.
'crinoline' can be an answer for 'dress' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'stand out' bit.

'it makes a woman's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found in the answer.
'woman' could be 'crin' and 'crin' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'olin' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for crinoline that I've seen before include "Hooped skirt of previous times" , "Outstanding skirt" , "Stiff fabric in Victorian costume" , "Material" , "Hooped petticoat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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