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 ...

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 ...

There is a hoop skirt manufactory in this city which weekly turns out 24,000 ladies' skirts, employing for that purpose 500 hands, 180 sewing machines, and not less than a tun of steel. Hoop skirt ...

Two of the most well-known Greek life events at the University of Georgia are SAE’s Magnolia Ball and KA’s Old South. Both events remember the antebellum time period, while the gentlemen and their ...

On the runways in New York and London, designers experimented with hoop skirts and peplums rather than tough, sexy armor Simone Rocha needs some personal space. At least, her clothes do. When the ...