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2. 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 ...

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. Fustanella - Wikipedia

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   Later, during the Bavarian regency, the skirts were shortened to create a sort of billowy pantaloon that stopped above the knee; this garment was worn with hose, and either buskins or decorative clogs. This is the costume worn by the Evzones, light mountain troops of the Hellenic Army. Today it is still worn by the ceremonial Presidential Guard ...

5. 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 ...

6. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period.

7. 17 Chic Spring Skirts Under $60 - AOL

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   Denim On Denim On Denim: Honestly, nothing beats a good piece of denim clothing, and this bodycon denim skirt will become one of your new spring favorites — just $34! 9.