Ah, yes. You mean THIS (mercifully) brief flash of awfulness, doubtless:
The stated goal at that point, IIRC, was to make Wonder Woman more like the (then-)popular "Emma Peel" character, from British TV hit The Avengers.
Yep, that’s it. I actually had an issue of hers in that getup. Never made the connection with Emma Peel; but I can see that’s probably where they were going.