hobble skirts
Narrow hem, tiny steps
A hobble skirt is a skirt cut so narrow at the hem that it restricts the wearer's stride to small steps.
The style emerged around 1910 as a dramatic fashion silhouette, tapering sharply below the knee.
The name captures the effect: walking in one resembles the hobbled gait of a tethered horse.
- restrictiveImposing narrow boundaries
- tight fitBarely enough space
- narrowOf small width
- women's suffrageVoting rights for females
- fashion victimPerson ruled by trends
sway · wobble · silhouette · teeter · garment · 1910s · shuffle · ankles · ankle length · tripping · tightness · corsets · silk · hem · styles · Edwardian era · constrictions · glide
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