Crinolines or hoop skirts helped create the sought-after but unrealistic hourglass figure. Fashion undulates as the volumes of clothes shrink and swell. In this way, trendsetters constantly set themselves apart from the pack. This crinoline is relatively slender and thus a ‘younger’ example: the hoop skirt experienced its peak in the mid-19th century. Its diameter reached an impressive three and a half metres. [text 2024]