Once the height of fashion and the bane of doorways everywhere, the crinoline defined nineteenth-century style. This episode explores its rise from stiff horsehair petticoats to steel-hooped cages, the social statements they made, and the women who quite literally shaped an era.


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The History Of is your daily dose of weird, wonderful, and occasionally ridiculous history. Each episode takes one topic an object, a place, a job, a trend and unpacks the surprising story behind it. No homework, no boring lectures, just history you’ll actually want to share.

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