hoop skirt

noun

a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
the framework for such a skirt.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoop skirt¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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She yells, stomps her feet and raises her hoop skirt and petticoat to scandalous heights.

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I love the vintage-y drama of the enormous hoop skirt, the unexpected casualness of the buttoned top, the beautiful shape of it all — not to mention the added bonus of some aggressively enforced personal space.

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Her Marie Antoinette-style dress is elegant and intricate, with detailed lace along the edges, an angular corset and different white, pink and gold layers filling out the hoop skirt.

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“I’m wearing a hoop skirt, so I can’t do that much. Sitting down was a nightmare.”

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Janelle Monáe in a see-through hoop skirt, Sean “Diddy” Combs in an elaborate black cloak that marked the return of his Sean John line.

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