On Oct. 21, 1910, the live musical comedy “The White Hen” opened at Petaluma’s Hill Opera House, setting off a new fashion craze in town. The fashion foray was led by the traveling theater company’s ...
Leading the way towards this silhouette, last seen in 1889, is London`s most directional designer, Katherine Hamnett. Her newest skirt has been gathered up, pulled taut at the front and the slack ...
Aug. 24, 1912: Los Angeles Police Lt. John L. Butler of the traffic squad declares war on “hobble skirts,” with hemlines so snug that they allow women to take steps of only 8 mincing inches as they ...