Petticoat Junction was a popular TV show in the early 1960s, but it could have been the nickname for a section in my closet set aside for hanging my petticoats also known as bouffants, crinolines, and ...

Fashion changes very quickly. What's "in" today will probably be out tomorrow. Fashions can return, sometimes slightly altered, sometimes exactly the same. Fashion trends such as jeans, animal prints, ...

Mary Todd Lincoln stayed on top of the period's fashion trends in bonnets, crinolines, plus she loved fuschia so much that she outfitted White House footmen in the shocking hue. By Elizabeth Snead ...

Caged crinoline, also known as a hoop skirt, was the most distinctive silhouette of the late 19th century. This photo shows a hoop skirt, named because of its series of concentric hoops of whalebone ...

Rock star Brian May's company, The London Stereoscopic Company (LSC), is partnering with the V&A to produce a book for its upcoming exhibit, Undressed: 350 Years of Underwear Fashion. Crinoline: ...

Skinny jeans have been given a health warning, after an Australian woman had to be cut out of a pair. BBC Culture looks at five of the worst fashion disasters. Giving new meaning to the phrase ...

Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The word crinoline typically conjures up an image of a vast, spreading, mid-19th century skirt. Think of Franz Xaver ...

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind wearing a voluminous crinoline dress What does Scarlett O’Hara, of the 1939 movie Gone With The Wind, and ladies of Punjab have in common? They ...