Petticoat Junction was a popular TV show in the early 1960s, but it could have been the nickname for a section in my closet set aside for hanging my petticoats also known as bouffants, crinolines, and ...

Caged crinoline, also known as a hoop skirt, was the most distinctive silhouette of the late 19th century. This photo shows a hoop skirt, named because of its series of concentric hoops of whalebone ...