By 1905, the Jumper or Pinafore worn over a blouse (waist) made its debut. Was it a skirt or a dress? I say it’s a skirt, but history would call them Jumper waist dresses. Initially two … See more

In 1908, designer Poiret introduced a narrow tube or column-shaped skirt with a “hobble garter” around the shins. The Hobble garter never took off, but the Hobble skirt name … See more

One brief trend for both hobble skirts and gored skirts was the use of over-layers. Short or long overskirts topped underskirts one or two times. The layered or tiered effect adde… See more

WWI interrupted fashion’s march to the grand and impractical and returned it back to the days of the bigger skirt, this time with a shorter hemline. Instead of a skirt’s fullness bei… See more