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 ...

PETTICOATS, also known as underskirts, were first introduced at the end of the 16th century. They were worn by women who wanted to have the current fashionable shape created by their own clothing. A ...

Some call it a striptease, others call it an educational demonstration. Either way, the public can view this unusual peeling back of history — and peeling off of clothing — as Carolyn Valdez brings ...