Crinoline

Crinolines or hoop skirts helped create the sought-after
but unrealistic hourglass figure. Fashion undulates as
the volumes of clothes shrink and swell. In this way,
trendsetters constantly set themselves apart from the
pack. This crinoline is relatively slender and thus a
‘younger’ example: the hoop skirt experienced its peak in
the mid-19th century. Its diameter reached an impressive
three and a…