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↢ Bygone Beauties ↣ vintage photograph, 1913

1910 Hobble Skirt- hobble skirt has a deep, boned inner waistband, name given in reference to a device used to restrain horses

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Am I the only one who didn't know the dazzling Venetian fashion and textile wizard, the Prince of Pleats, the Virtuoso of Velvet, wasn't even Italian, let alone Venetian? He was born Mariano Fortuny* y Madrazo in 1871, of a long line of artists, curators and collectors in the capital and last stronghold of Spain's Moorish…

The Hobble Skirt ~ as if the corset wasn't bad enough on women.

Hobble Skirts, designed by Paul Poiret, featured a narrow silhouette that did not provided women with the ability to take long steps, thus coining them the "hobble skirt". - Bridgette Bacon 3-20-18

1910- hobble skirt

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