hoop-skirt

A tutorial video aimed at brides, or maybe wedding planners on the mechanics of wearing a hoop-skirt.

Archive 2010-04-01 J. Steven York 2010

A tutorial video aimed at brides, or maybe wedding planners on the mechanics of wearing a hoop-skirt.

Things Writers Need to Know J. Steven York 2010

All of the clothing dated to the last century at least, from the era of the bustle and the hoop-skirt, and had been thriftily packed away, with springs of lavender so old it crumbled when she touched it.

Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004

She wore a short, girlish dress that came to a little below her shoe-tops, a pale-figured lavender and white silk, with a fluffy hoop-skirt of dainty laced-edged ruffles, against which tiny bows of lavender stood out in odd places.

The Financier 2004

Margery Lee, and she was just as Sally Carrol had known she would be, with a young, white brow, and wide welcoming eyes, and a hoop-skirt of some soft material that was quite comforting to rest on.

Flappers and Philosophers 2003

I was ushered upstairs and told to put on a black wig and hoop-skirt—the Colonial look, to be sure, and an attempt to replicate the fashions worn by Dolley Madison.

Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton 2003

I was ushered upstairs and told to put on a black wig and hoop-skirt—the Colonial look, to be sure, and an attempt to replicate the fashions worn by Dolley Madison.

Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton 2003

You will observe that under the head of crinoline and hoop-skirt periods, there are a variety of outlines, markedly different.

Woman as Decoration Emily Burbank

This load she had carried suspended from her waist and concealed under the large hoop-skirt then worn by ladies.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore

We have raked the ash-heap of failure in the State and found an old human hoop-skirt who has failed as a business man, who has failed as an editor, who has failed as a preacher, and we are going to run him for Congressman-at-large ....

The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley