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The belles in their hoopskirts took the arms of boys from Baylor Military Academy, who wore Confederate uniforms.
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2022
The interior of its hoopskirt canopy had acted as the sisters’ sanctum sanctorum.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
Swinton moves through a photo studio in the gown’s outsize hoopskirt as Alberto Iglesias’s moody score plays in the background.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2020
Hoopskirts like armor, frilly materials made knife-sharp, curlers or a heeled pump worn as a protuberant helmet: this is female attire that makes a statement, at once protective and aggressive.
—The New Yorker, 12 May 2013
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2022
The interior of its hoopskirt canopy had acted as the sisters’ sanctum sanctorum.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
Swinton moves through a photo studio in the gown’s outsize hoopskirt as Alberto Iglesias’s moody score plays in the background.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2020
Hoopskirts like armor, frilly materials made knife-sharp, curlers or a heeled pump worn as a protuberant helmet: this is female attire that makes a statement, at once protective and aggressive.
—The New Yorker, 12 May 2013
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“Hoopskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoopskirt. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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hoopskirt
noun
hoop·skirt
-ˈskərt 
: a skirt stiffened with or as if with hoops
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