Hobble skirt

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The Hobble Skirt - from The Best of Bizarre Women seem to get a craze every now and then for the most unreasonable garments. The ancient Egyptians wore a skin tight one piece frock which showed every curve and in which only the tiniest of tiny steps could be taken, so tight was it way down to the ankles. This is something that man can understand, for the more clingingly tight the frock the more it shows the figure (and that's all to the mustard) but the hobble skirt showed nothing – it…

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Made famous by Paul Poiret, hobble skirts are characterized as skirts modified with narrow hems that accentuate the female form yet limit the wearer’s mobility. This fashion trend was immensely popular during the early twentieth century