From "Victorian Paris" web site
The Hoop Crinoline: Living in a cage
January 7, 2012 by Iva P.
Manufacture of crinolines circa 1860
The corset set aside, one of the greatest follies of the Victorian Era fashion was the oversized cage crinoline. Generous skirts were favored since the 1830’s, but the invention of the hoop crinoline in 1858, which allowed women to discard heavy petticoats, gave birth to a monstrosity never seen since. Women suffered the discomfort while the cartoonists were delighted with the situation.
- “Madame can live in one room and the crinoline in the other one.” Le Journal Illustré, 1867
- La femme en crinoline, caricature by Honoré Daumier
