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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Type of skirt with a narrow hem</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg/200px-HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg/300px-HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/HobbleSkirtPostcard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A postcard (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1911</span>) depicting a man pointing at a woman wearing a hobble skirt. The caption says, "The Hobble Skirt. 'What's that? It's the speed-limit skirt!<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>", because a hobble skirt limits the wearer's stride.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg/220px-Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg/330px-Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg/440px-Eight_women_participate_in_a_hobble_skirt_race._Starter_gun_has_just_been_fired_by_man_in_straw_boater_hat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5700" data-file-height="4138" /></a><figcaption>Eight women participate in a hobble skirt race.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>hobble skirt</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Skirt" title="Skirt">skirt</a> with a narrow enough <a href="/wiki/Hem" title="Hem">hem</a> to significantly impede the wearer's <a href="/wiki/Gait_(human)" title="Gait (human)">stride</a>. It was called a "hobble skirt" because it seemed to hobble any woman as she walked. Hobble skirts were a short-lived <a href="/wiki/Fashion_trend" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion trend">fashion trend</a> that peaked between 1908 and 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HobbleSkirt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/HobbleSkirt.jpg/200px-HobbleSkirt.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="382" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/HobbleSkirt.jpg/300px-HobbleSkirt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/HobbleSkirt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Hobble skirt style, 1911</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself,_1911.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg/170px-Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg/255px-Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg/340px-Sketch_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_Edward_H.G._Green_and_herself%2C_1911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3563" /></a><figcaption>Journalist <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Martyn" title="Marguerite Martyn">Marguerite Martyn</a> drew this sketch of herself wearing a hobble skirt while interviewing millionaire <a href="/wiki/Edward_Howland_Robinson_Green" title="Edward Howland Robinson Green">Edward Howland Robinson Green</a> in 1911, with a quotation from him.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg/100px-Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="365" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg/150px-Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg/200px-Sally_Obermeder_in_Long_Pencil_dresses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="2584" /></a><figcaption>Long pencil skirts considered as a modern variation of the old hobble style</figcaption></figure> <p>The hobble skirt may have been inspired by the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kimono" title="Kimono">kimono</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by one of the first women to fly in an <a href="/wiki/Airplane" title="Airplane">airplane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a 1908 <a href="/wiki/Wright_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright Brothers">Wright Brothers</a> demonstration in <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans" title="Le Mans">Le Mans</a>, France, Mrs. <a href="/wiki/Edith_Ogilby_Berg" title="Edith Ogilby Berg">Edith Ogilby Berg</a> asked for a ride and became the first American woman to fly as a passenger in an airplane, soaring for two minutes and seven seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She tied a rope securely around her skirt at her ankles to keep it from blowing in the wind during the flight. According to the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Air_and_Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian Air and Space Museum">Smithsonian Air and Space Museum</a>, a French <a href="/wiki/Fashion_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion designer">fashion designer</a> was inspired by the way Mrs. Berg walked away from the aircraft with her skirt still tied and created the hobble skirt based on her ingenuity.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French fashion designer in the Berg story might have been <a href="/wiki/Paul_Poiret" title="Paul Poiret">Paul Poiret</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who claimed credit for the hobble skirt, but it is not clear whether the skirt was his invention or not.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Skirts had been rapidly narrowing since the mid-1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slim skirts were economical because they used less fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hobble skirt became popular just as women were becoming more physically active.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobble skirts inspired hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Cartoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartoons">cartoons</a> and comic postcards.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One series of comic cards called it the "speed-limit skirt."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were several reports of women competing in hobble-skirt races as a joke.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boarding a streetcar in a hobble skirt was difficult. In 1912, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> Street Railway ran hobble-skirt cars with no step up.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> introduced similar streetcars in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobble skirts were directly responsible for several deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1910, a hobble-skirt-wearing woman was killed by a loose horse at a racetrack outside <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, eighteen-year-old Ida Goyette stumbled on an <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal bridge</a> while wearing a hobble skirt, fell over the railing, and drowned.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To prevent women from splitting their skirts, some women wore a <a href="/wiki/Fetter" class="mw-redirect" title="Fetter">fetter</a> or tied their legs together at the knee.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some designers made alterations to the hobble skirt to allow for greater movement.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Paquin" title="Jeanne Paquin">Jeanne Paquin</a> concealed pleats in her hobble skirts while other designers such as <a href="/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon" title="Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon">Lucile</a> offered slit or wrap skirts.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The trend began to decline in popularity at the beginning of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, as the skirt's limited mobility did not suit the wartime atmosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_post-hobble_skirt_era">The post-hobble skirt era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The post-hobble skirt era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The next time skirts would be narrow enough to impede movement would be with the sheath skirts of the 1950s, first introduced at the end of the 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though shorter lengths (from just below the knee to the lower calf) and advances in fabric would enable a little more movement than in the hobble-skirt era,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 1950s sheath skirt's new waist-to-hem tightness, said to reveal the shape of the leg, still created problems of mobility, with split seams a familiar occurrence.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, they were widely promoted by designers and the fashion industry, their narrowness exaggerated even more by having models pose with one leg directly in front of the other.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some other skirt styles of the time also had very narrow hems, particularly the knee-length puffball/pouf skirts shown by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cardin" title="Pierre Cardin">Pierre Cardin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer)" title="Yves Saint Laurent (designer)">Yves Saint Laurent</a>, and others from 1957 to 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few of Saint Laurent's 1959 skirts were so narrow at the hem that some fashion writers revived the word "hobble" to refer to them.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheath skirts remained part of the fashion picture into the early 1960s and then went very much out of style with the rise of the flared <a href="/wiki/Miniskirt#1960s" title="Miniskirt">miniskirts</a> of the mid- to late sixties<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the easy, comfortable clothes of the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toward the end of the seventies, beginning in fall of 1978, some designers began reviving the narrow skirt silhouettes of decades past. Initially, many of them allowed some movement via slits,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though not always. Some were so inhibiting that the word hobble was once again used to describe them.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the tight silhouette of the 1950s sheath skirt was revived in the early 1980s, it was somewhat less restricting, as it was now usually produced in stretchier, often knit fabrics and could even be in mini lengths, though there is only so much movement possible in a knee-length or longer skirt that is tight all the way to the hem.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These 1980s-style stretch sheath skirts in various lengths have been revived off and on ever since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Movies and television</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Intolerance_(film)" title="Intolerance (film)">Intolerance</a></i>: The Dear One (<a href="/wiki/Mae_Marsh" title="Mae Marsh">Mae Marsh</a>) wears a makeshift hobble skirt in the hopes of impressing a man.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i>: Rose DeWitt Bukater (<a href="/wiki/Kate_Winslet" title="Kate Winslet">Kate Winslet</a>) wears many hobble-skirted gowns throughout the film. Early in the film, she runs across the deck in a beaded hobble skirt, stumbling and tearing it. The skirt nearly causes her to fall overboard.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Addams_Family" title="The Addams Family">The Addams Family</a></i>: <a href="/wiki/Morticia_Addams" title="Morticia Addams">Morticia</a> commonly wears long, black gothic hobble dresses.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darkwing_Duck" title="Darkwing Duck">Darkwing Duck</a></i>: Darkwing Duck's girlfriend, <a href="/wiki/Morgana_Macawber" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgana Macawber">Morgana Macawber</a>, commonly wears a long, red hobble dress.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dick_Tracy_(1990_film)" title="Dick Tracy (1990 film)">Dick Tracy</a></i>: Breathless Mahoney (<a href="/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a>) appears in a shiny black skintight gown.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title="Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i>: In the episode "<a href="/wiki/Icing_on_the_Cake" title="Icing on the Cake">Icing on the Cake</a>", <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Tanen" class="mw-redirect" title="Amanda Tanen">Amanda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Becki_Newton" title="Becki Newton">Becki Newton</a>) wears a tight silver rubber hobble dress named the "Amanda".</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_a_Way_to_Go!" title="What a Way to Go!">What a Way to Go!</a></i>: Louisa May Foster (<a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a>) is seen in a shiny red pencil hobble skirt.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Static_Shock" title="Static Shock">Static Shock</a></i>: Daisy Watkins wears a purple pencil hobble skirt in the first few seasons of the show.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parade%27s_End_(TV_series)" title="Parade's End (TV series)">Parade's End</a></i>: Sylvia Tietjens wears a hobble dress to her mother-in-law's funeral, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1912</span> (episode 2); the gentry disapprove of her stylishness, but the servants admire it.</li></ul> <p><b>Music videos</b> </p> <ul><li>"Love Religion" by <a href="/wiki/U96" title="U96">U96</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corset_controversy" title="Corset controversy">Corset controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetish_fashion" title="Fetish fashion">Fetish fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">Foot binding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_fashion" title="Gothic fashion">Gothic fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pencil_skirt" title="Pencil skirt">Pencil skirt</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFHunt-HurstLeeDoering2015" class="citation book cs1">F, José Blanco; 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London, England: Viking, the Penguin Group. pp. 209, 210. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0"><bdi>0-670-80172-0</bdi></a>. <q>Body line was the key term this year, as the sheath superseded New Look dresses....The designers of the most uncompromising sheaths were Dior...and Schiaparelli...The daytime sheath was seen at all three main fashion capitals...The sheath was the most fashionable evening line.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1950&rft.btitle=Vogue+History+of+20th+Century+Fashion&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=209%2C+210&rft.pub=Viking%2C+the+Penguin+Group&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-670-80172-0&rft.aulast=Mulvagh&rft.aufirst=Jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMulvagh1988" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Mulvagh" title="Jane Mulvagh">Mulvagh, Jane</a> (1988). "1950". <i>Vogue History of 20th Century Fashion</i>. London, England: Viking, the Penguin Group. p. 209. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0"><bdi>0-670-80172-0</bdi></a>. <q>[T]he sheath...was attainable as a result of developments in corsetry, such as the use of nylon and light elastic net.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1950&rft.btitle=Vogue+History+of+20th+Century+Fashion&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=209&rft.pub=Viking%2C+the+Penguin+Group&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-670-80172-0&rft.aulast=Mulvagh&rft.aufirst=Jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMulvagh1988" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Mulvagh" title="Jane Mulvagh">Mulvagh, Jane</a> (1988). "1952". <i>Vogue History of 20th Century Fashion</i>. London, England: Viking, the Penguin Group. p. 221. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0"><bdi>0-670-80172-0</bdi></a>. <q>American <i>Vogue</i> emphasized that...[w]e want skirts we can step out of an automobile in without splitting their sides...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1952&rft.btitle=Vogue+History+of+20th+Century+Fashion&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=221&rft.pub=Viking%2C+the+Penguin+Group&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-670-80172-0&rft.aulast=Mulvagh&rft.aufirst=Jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowell1978" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Georgina_Howell" title="Georgina Howell">Howell, Georgina</a> (1978). "1950". <i>In Vogue: Sixty Years of Celebrities and Fashion from British Vogue</i>. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Ltd. p. 226. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-00-4955-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-00-4955-X"><bdi>0-14-00-4955-X</bdi></a>. <q>To make skirts look even narrower at the knee, models are photographed with one leg behind the other...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1950&rft.btitle=In+Vogue%3A+Sixty+Years+of+Celebrities+and+Fashion+from+British+Vogue&rft.place=Harmondsworth%2C+Middlesex%2C+England&rft.pages=226&rft.pub=Penguin+Books+Ltd.&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-14-00-4955-X&rft.aulast=Howell&rft.aufirst=Georgina&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFenwick1957" class="citation journal cs1">Fenwick, Mihri (5 February 1957). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/05/archives/fashion-trends-abroad-paris-laroche-and-cardin-collections.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap&searchResultPosition=2">"Fashion Trends Abroad – Paris: LaRoche and Cardin Collections"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: F20. <q>Cardin's...skirts...swell out over the hips and then are caught in around the knees.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Fashion+Trends+Abroad+%E2%80%93+Paris%3A+LaRoche+and+Cardin+Collections&rft.pages=F20&rft.date=1957-02-05&rft.aulast=Fenwick&rft.aufirst=Mihri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1957%2F02%2F05%2Farchives%2Ffashion-trends-abroad-paris-laroche-and-cardin-collections.html%3Fauth%3Dlogin-google1tap%26login%3Dgoogle1tap%26searchResultPosition%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMulvagh1988" class="citation book cs1">Mulvagh, Jane (1988). "1958". <i>Vogue History of 20th Century Fashion</i>. London, England: Viking, the Penguin Group. p. 251. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-80172-0"><bdi>0-670-80172-0</bdi></a>. <q>The other notable silhouette in Paris was Pierre Cardin's 'puff-ball' skirt. Yves Saint Laurent took up this shape in his famous collection of 1960.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1958&rft.btitle=Vogue+History+of+20th+Century+Fashion&rft.place=London%2C+England&rft.pages=251&rft.pub=Viking%2C+the+Penguin+Group&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-670-80172-0&rft.aulast=Mulvagh&rft.aufirst=Jane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson1960" class="citation journal cs1">Peterson, Patricia (30 August 1960). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1960/08/30/archives/all-aboard-the-paris-express-fresh-new-fashions-journey-into-autumn.html?searchResultPosition=15">"All Aboard the Paris Express! Fresh New Fashions Journey Into Autumn"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: 22. <q>Castillo of Lanvin has a whole new way with skirts. Fullness from the waist is gently pulled in about the knees as if by a drawstring to create his...teardrop silhouette.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=All+Aboard+the+Paris+Express%21+Fresh+New+Fashions+Journey+Into+Autumn&rft.pages=22&rft.date=1960-08-30&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Patricia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1960%2F08%2F30%2Farchives%2Fall-aboard-the-paris-express-fresh-new-fashions-journey-into-autumn.html%3FsearchResultPosition%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowell1978" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Georgina_Howell" title="Georgina Howell">Howell, Georgina</a> (1978). "1959". <i>In Vogue: Sixty Years of Celebrities and Fashion from British Vogue</i>. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Ltd. p. 259. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-00-4955-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-00-4955-X"><bdi>0-14-00-4955-X</bdi></a>. <q>Yves Saint Laurent at Dior raises the skirt to the knees...and pulls the skirt in to a tight knee-band....<i>Vogue</i>...show[ed] the hobble first in its 'least exaggerated'...form before leading up to the 'extreme trendsetter'.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1959&rft.btitle=In+Vogue%3A+Sixty+Years+of+Celebrities+and+Fashion+from+British+Vogue&rft.place=Harmondsworth%2C+Middlesex%2C+England&rft.pages=259&rft.pub=Penguin+Books+Ltd.&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-14-00-4955-X&rft.aulast=Howell&rft.aufirst=Georgina&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonovan1959" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Donovan" title="Carrie Donovan">Donovan, Carrie</a> (26 August 1959). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1959/08/26/archives/french-styles-en-route-dior-skirt-splits-critics.html">"French Styles en Route: Dior Skirt Splits Critics"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: 32<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2023</span>. <q>...Yves Saint Laurent['s]...newly cut skirt...seemed to constrict the knees and then balloon above them. The skirt obviously was based on the hobble skirts of yore....The majority of the daily newspaper reporters immediately labeled it 'hobble'...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=French+Styles+en+Route%3A+Dior+Skirt+Splits+Critics&rft.pages=32&rft.date=1959-08-26&rft.aulast=Donovan&rft.aufirst=Carrie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1959%2F08%2F26%2Farchives%2Ffrench-styles-en-route-dior-skirt-splits-critics.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/30/archives/fashion-view-decoding-the-styles-of-the-70s.html">"Fashion View"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: SM6. 30 December 1979<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 December</span> 2021</span>. <q>Take the anti‐establishment 60's...: the untamed manes of the flower children, the faded jeans of the affluence‐rejecting hippies, the discarded bras of the women's liberation movement, the knee‐freeing skirts..., and the street‐imitating gear of the radical chic...share...an antifashion attitude that became...powerful and pervasive...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Fashion+View&rft.pages=SM6&rft.date=1979-12-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1979%2F12%2F30%2Farchives%2Ffashion-view-decoding-the-styles-of-the-70s.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHasson" class="citation book cs1">Hasson, Rachelle. "Fashion". <i>World Book Year Book 1968: Events of 1967</i>. Chicago, Illinois, USA: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. p. 336. <q>Movement and freedom keynoted...skirts that widened into A-lines...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fashion&rft.btitle=World+Book+Year+Book+1968%3A+Events+of+1967&rft.place=Chicago%2C+Illinois%2C+USA&rft.pages=336&rft.pub=Field+Enterprises+Educational+Corporation&rft.aulast=Hasson&rft.aufirst=Rachelle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMolli1964" class="citation journal cs1">Molli, Jeanne (16 January 1964). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/16/archives/paris-notes-the-trends-for-spring.html">"Paris Notes: The Trends for Spring"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: 32. <q>Snug dresses are...uncomfortable, [Courrèges] points out...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Paris+Notes%3A+The+Trends+for+Spring&rft.pages=32&rft.date=1964-01-16&rft.aulast=Molli&rft.aufirst=Jeanne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1964%2F01%2F16%2Farchives%2Fparis-notes-the-trends-for-spring.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMount1979" class="citation news cs1">Mount, Roy Jr. (1 January 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/01/archives/fashion-will-the-retro-look-make-it-affluence-and-leisure.html">"Fashion"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. 18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2021</span>. <q>In the 1970's...[s]portswear emerged as the dominant theme, implying a relaxed fit and considerable versatility, since most clothes were made in interchangeable parts....For a number of years, it offered a serviceable way of dressing, geared to active women's lives, adjusting to vagaries of climate, adapting easily to travel requirements. As the sportswear onslaught continued, clothes lost their linings and interfacings, becoming softer, looser, less structured. Almost everything became as comfortable to wear as a sweater.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Fashion&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1979-01-01&rft.aulast=Mount&rft.aufirst=Roy+Jr.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1979%2F01%2F01%2Farchives%2Ffashion-will-the-retro-look-make-it-affluence-and-leisure.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1975" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernadine_Morris" title="Bernadine Morris">Morris, Bernadine</a> (5 March 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/05/archives/will-it-be-full-dresses-or-narrow-or-back-to-living-in-jeans.html">"Will It Be Full Dresses or Narrow – or Back to Living in Jeans?"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. 23<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2022</span>. <q>What women have found appealing is the freedom of the full shapes, which offer no restraint on wide strides and easy movements.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Will+It+Be+Full+Dresses+or+Narrow+%E2%80%93+or+Back+to+Living+in+Jeans%3F&rft.pages=23&rft.date=1975-03-05&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Bernadine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1975%2F03%2F05%2Farchives%2Fwill-it-be-full-dresses-or-narrow-or-back-to-living-in-jeans.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/24/archives/from-french-ready-to-wear-that-wellgroomed-look.html">"From French Ready-to-Wear, That Well-Groomed Look"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: 30. 24 April 1972<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2023</span>. <q>...[A] straight skirt crop[s] up here and there. Anyone who remembers how it feels to wear one will not welcome its...return.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=From+French+Ready-to-Wear%2C+That+Well-Groomed+Look&rft.pages=30&rft.date=1972-04-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1972%2F04%2F24%2Farchives%2Ffrom-french-ready-to-wear-that-wellgroomed-look.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFinley1974" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Finley" title="Ruth Finley">Finley, Ruth</a> (1 June 1974). "American Fall RTW: The Extreme vs. The Salable". <i>Fashion International</i>. <b>II</b> (9). New York, NY, USA: FI Publications Inc.: 1. <q>Straight skirts have vanished.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fashion+International&rft.atitle=American+Fall+RTW%3A+The+Extreme+vs.+The+Salable&rft.volume=II&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1974-06-01&rft.aulast=Finley&rft.aufirst=Ruth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMount1979" class="citation journal cs1">Mount, Roy Jr. (1 January 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/01/archives/fashion-will-the-retro-look-make-it-affluence-and-leisure.html">"Fashion Notes"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>: 18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2021</span>. <q>[T]he skimpiness of the styles made the skirt slits obligatory — otherwise, the wearer would not be able to move.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Fashion+Notes&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1979-01-01&rft.aulast=Mount&rft.aufirst=Roy+Jr.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1979%2F01%2F01%2Farchives%2Ffashion-will-the-retro-look-make-it-affluence-and-leisure.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1978" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernadine_Morris" title="Bernadine Morris">Morris, Bernadine</a> (25 November 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/24/archives/slit-skirts-a-question-of-taste-appealing-in-moderation.html">"Slit Skirts: A Question of Taste"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. B14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 April</span> 2022</span>. <q>Many of the skirts are so narrow that slits are indeed necessary to permit the wearer to take a healthy stride.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Slit+Skirts%3A+A+Question+of+Taste&rft.pages=B14&rft.date=1978-11-25&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Bernadine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1978%2F11%2F24%2Farchives%2Fslit-skirts-a-question-of-taste-appealing-in-moderation.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1979" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernadine_Morris" title="Bernadine Morris">Morris, Bernadine</a> (10 April 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/10/archives/impresarios-of-fashion-preside-at-les-halles-lovely-inventive.html">"Impresarios of Fashion Preside at Les Halles"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. C12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2021</span>. <q>Karl Lagerfeld ... had ... hobble skirts that are impossible to walk in...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Impresarios+of+Fashion+Preside+at+Les+Halles&rft.pages=C12&rft.date=1979-04-10&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Bernadine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1979%2F04%2F10%2Farchives%2Fimpresarios-of-fashion-preside-at-les-halles-lovely-inventive.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1982" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernadine_Morris" title="Bernadine Morris">Morris, Bernadine</a> (21 September 1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/21/style/notes-on-fashion.html">"Notes on Fashion"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. B1<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2021</span>. <q>...[H]ow explain the resurgence of short, tight skirts, body-cupping knitted dresses, spindly heels and other constricting clothes that can only be described as sexist? Favored by a small fashion-oriented cult in Paris, the styles by such designers as Azzedine Alaia, Thierry Mugler and Claude Montana ... run counter to the flowing, unrestricted ... look, and many women find them offensive.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Notes+on+Fashion&rft.pages=B1&rft.date=1982-09-21&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Bernadine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1982%2F09%2F21%2Fstyle%2Fnotes-on-fashion.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris1983" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernadine_Morris" title="Bernadine Morris">Morris, Bernadine</a> (27 February 1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/27/magazine/the-directions-of-the-innovators.html">"The Directions of the Innovators"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. p. 132<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 April</span> 2022</span>. <q>[Azzedine Alaïa, Claude Montana, Thierry Mugler, Jean-Paul Gaultier, i]n these designers' collections, waistlines are usually taut, heels are high ... and, while the designers generally deny it, many of the clothes are restrictive.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=The+Directions+of+the+Innovators&rft.pages=132&rft.date=1983-02-27&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Bernadine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1983%2F02%2F27%2Fmagazine%2Fthe-directions-of-the-innovators.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHobble+skirt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hobble_skirt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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