As I squeezed through the doors of the 6 train in a 50-inch-wide hoop skirt, straphangers scurried out of the way to make room. “Sorry,” I muttered, while eyeing ...

Caged crinoline, also known as a hoop skirt, was the most distinctive silhouette of the late 19th century. This photo shows a hoop skirt, named because of its series of concentric hoops of whalebone ...

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Young women compete for the title of “Belle” of the annual Azalea Fest in Wilmington, N.C. (Courtesy of Raeford Brown) As an art historian with a tangential interest in costumes, I was troubled by the ...

The hoop skirt was a fashionable item in the mid-19th century. It was an undergarment that lifted skirts and dresses off the wearer’s legs, keeping her cooler in warm weather. Hoop skirts have a deep ...

Crinolines put the hoop in the Victorian-era skirt. For two decades, women wore crinolines - lightweight cages attached to their waists - under their clothing to create a wide, bell-shaped silhouette.

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