"The hobble skirt would have been still-born had it not been for that state of mind which desires at all cost ever and always something new, and is even willing to sacrifice every atom of good taste to attain this end. Thanks to this peculiar state of mind the hobble skirt lasted many months despite its numberless practical and aesthetic defects. It died for the same reasons, the public having tardily recognized that it was a joke which had endured quite long enough."I am convinced that the dressmaker who conceived this inartistic garment must now realize his mistake."
-- Theatre Magazine, 1911.
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