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Farthingale
A structure that expands the skirt using hoops of bone, wood, or other material.

 

 

Flapper
A "new breed" of young women in the 1920s who listened to jazz, bobbed their hair, sported short skirts, and flaunted their disdain for what was considered appropriate behavior for women.