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Eight women participate in a hobble skirt race. A hobble skirt was a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer's stride. It was called a "hobble skirt" because it seemed to hobble any woman as she walked. Hobble skirts were a short-lived fashion trend that peaked between 1908 and 1914. [1]
Edith Ogilby Berg (born c.1868 - 1949) was the first American woman passenger on a controlled airplane flight, flown by Wilbur Wright in September 1908 and is considered a key influence in the hobble skirt as a fashion trend. For some years she was married to Hart O. Berg, who represented the Wright Brothers' business interests in Europe.
As the scene unfolds, the artistic elegance becomes more apparent. A female musician, dressed in a green robe and white skirt with a high bun, sits gracefully before the screen, playing the pipa. Han Xi-Zai, wearing a tall hat, is seated in the most prominent position. Above him, a figure in red is the top scholar, Lang Can.
White ivory cocktail dress. Marilyn Monroe wore a white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder. It was created by costume designer William Travilla and worn in the movie's best-known scene. [1] The image of it and her above a windy subway grating has been described as one of the most iconic images of the 20th century.
Monroe wore the famous white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder.The scene was filmed early in the morning on Sept. 15, 1954, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and ...
Cage crinoline underskirt, 1860s, ModeMuseum, Antwerp. A crinoline / ˈkrɪn.əl.ɪn / is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century. Originally, crinoline described a stiff fabric made of horsehair (" crin ") and cotton or linen which was used to make underskirts and as a ...
The air inflates the "skirt" under the vehicle, causing it to rise above the surface. Additional engines provide thrust in order to propel the craft. Some hovercraft use ducting to allow one engine to perform both tasks by directing some of the air to the skirt, the rest of the air passing out of the back to push the craft forward.
Ground effect (cars) In car design, ground effect is a series of effects which have been exploited in automotive aerodynamics to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. This has been the successor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic focus on streamlining. The international Formula One series and American racing IndyCars employ ground ...