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HOOP SKIRT:

A hoop skirt, often known as a hoopskirt, is a type of women’s undergarment employed throughout history to keep the skirt extended into a chic form.
It started out as a small device for keeping long skirts off one’s legs, keeping cool in hot weather, and preventing trips while engaging in other activities. When working in the garden or as a farmer, little hoops may be worn. The size and scale of hoops gradually increased in grandeur, notably during the mid-nineteenth-century transition from the 1850s to the 1860s. Hoops were then adopted as a fashion accessory. The roles of men and women changed along with consumerism-based society, as did how they dressed.

Midway through the 19th century, a small waist and broad, domed-shaped skirts were the in-vogue silhouettes. More and more petticoats were added to make the skirts look even larger. The invention of the circular crinoline in 1856 was a technological and practical advance for women. The woman could wear fewer petticoats and still get the ideal silhouette because the crinoline supported the weight of all the skirts.

Attempting to Make an Elliptical Hoop Skirt

They truly weren’t standardized AT ALL, but I’ve seen a few elliptical hoops that seem quite similar to this, and it’s such a pretty picture, isn’t it? I say “may” because the more research I do, the more hoop and bustle designs I uncover. Since it emphasizes the push backward, but without any of the bustle you see later in the fashion plates, it seems to me to be a very early elliptical hoop. It’s entirely plausible, though, that the wearer put more bustle pads above the hoop to give the dress more fullness. Victorians had a lot of ingenuity.
To cut a long tale short, I decided to hunt for a design to build my own elliptical hoop-style dress because I’m so in love with them.

I once more turned to Truly Victorian and ordered their 1865 Elliptical Cage Crinoline pattern and three 12-yard rolls of hoop wire (this entire blog is starting to feel like gigantic advertising for TV, haha). It employs a different style than the elliptical hoop depicted above and creates an elliptical bustle utilizing ties at the back. In comparison to the historical example, it also uses fewer stays (hoop wires?). Although I think modern hoop wire is stronger than older wire, it might just be to save money on materials. If I ever build another hoop skirt, I think adding more wires could be the best option because you can more easily conceal the wires under petticoats.