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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- What was it like to wear a hoop skirt from Civil War times? How did they stand all those layers? In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Charleston ...

Jonathan Anderson ranks as one of a handful of talents in fashion who could be considered a “designer’s designer” for the way he wakes up, changes and challenges the eye with his exacting silhouettes, ...

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.

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 ...

When I first saw a hoop skirt wobble past me on a Spring 2026 runway—at Tibi, one early morning in September—I didn't think much of it. I figured it would be a one-off, the brand's way of ...

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You don't be seeing hoop skirts at Greek events at the University of Georgia anymore. The UGA Student Affairs met with fraternities and sororities this week, the Athens Banner-Herald reported, to ...

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 ...

In the nineteenth century, new technologies allowed skirts to blossom as never before–which in turn sparked other innovations, not always expected. The first patent for a steel tape measure was ...