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2. Fustanella - Wikipedia

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   Historically, the skirt was long enough to cover the whole thigh (knee included), leaving only the lower leg exposed. [55] It was usually worn by wealthy Albanians who would also expose an ornamented yataghan on the side and a pair of pistols with long-chiseled silver handles in the belt. [ 55 ]

3. Pencil skirt - Wikipedia

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   Juliana Awada and Melania Trump in pencil skirts, 2017. Narrow-fitting skirts have a long history in Western fashion. The predecessor to the pencil skirt is the hobble skirt, a pre–World War I fad inspired by the Ballets Russes. This full-length skirt with a narrow hem seriously impeded walking.

4. Hobble skirt - Wikipedia

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   A year later, eighteen-year-old Ida Goyette stumbled on an Erie Canal bridge while wearing a hobble skirt, fell over the railing, and drowned. [4] To prevent women from splitting their skirts, some women wore a fetter or tied their legs together at the knee. [1] [8] Some designers made alterations to the hobble skirt to allow for greater ...

5. 6 stylish wedding guest dresses for women over 60, all ... - AOL

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   6 stylish wedding guest dresses for women over 60, all under $100. Jeanine Edwards ... Pair this knee-length dress with low heels and you're ready to party. ... The best under-$50 clothing items ...

6. Skirt - Wikipedia

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   An ankle-length daytime skirt, popular with women in the late 1960s as a reaction against miniskirts. [22] Midi skirt: A skirt with hem halfway between ankle and knee, below the widest part of the calf. Introduced by designers in 1967 as a reaction to very short mini skirts. [22] Miniskirt: A skirt ending between knee and upper thigh, 1960s ...

7. Culottes - Wikipedia

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   Culottes can also, in some cases, describe a split or bifurcated skirt [8] or any garment which "hangs like a skirt, but is actually pants." [ 1 ] During the Victorian Era (mid- to late-nineteenth century European culture) long split skirts were developed for horseback riding so that women could sit astride a horse with a man's saddle rather ...