Crinoline and hoop skirt fashions in Europe and America (c. 1840–1860)

1. Horsehair crinoline petticoats gain popularity

   Jan 1, 1848Labels: Horsehair crinoline, Petticoat

   • Britannica

2. Layered petticoats drive wider 1850s skirts

   Jan 1, 1852Labels: Layered petticoats, Skirt silhouette

   • Gresham
   • Britannica

3. Spring-steel cage crinoline is patented in Paris

   Apr 24, 1856Labels: Cage crinoline, Paris patent

   • Crinoline
   • Gresham

4. Metal-hoop frames spread through Britain and beyond

   Jul 1, 1856Labels: Metal hoop, Britain

   • Britannica
   • Gresham

5. Crinolines become a mass-market fashion item

   Jan 1, 1858Labels: Mass-market crinoline, Consumer fashion

   • Britannica
   • Gresham

6. The House of Worth helps define mid-century fashion leadership

   Jan 1, 1858Labels: House of, Charles Worth

   • Worth
   • FIT

7. Satire labels the craze “crinolinomania”

   Oct 2, 1858Labels: Crinolinomania, Punch satire

   • AUB
   • Punch

8. Crinoline skirts reach peak width around 1860

   Jan 1, 1860Labels: Peak crinoline, Bell silhouette

   • FIT
   • Britannica

9. Crinoline shape shifts toward a back-weighted pyramid

   Jan 1, 1862Labels: Back-weighted silhouette, Pyramid shape

   • FIT
   • Britannica

10. Fashion publishing broadens U.S. access to hoop-skirt styles

    Nov 9, 1867Labels: Harper's Bazar, Fashion press

    • Cornell
    • FIT

11. The crinolette emerges as the crinoline narrows

    Jan 1, 1868Labels: Crinolette, Half-crinoline

    • V A
    • Britannica

12. Hoop-skirt fashion ends as bustle shaping takes over

    Dec 1, 1868Labels: Bustle transition, End of

    • V A
    • FIT