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Show Birth of Crinoline There was once a Spanish princess prin-cess who was ashamed of her hips, because they were slightly malformed. mal-formed. So she persuaded the court dressmaker to make a dress that would increase her charms and at the same time hide her hips. From that request the crinoline crin-oline was born. For a similar reason, sweeping dresses became the vogue. This time the dissatisfied princess was the daughter of Louis XI; and instead in-stead of hips, it was feet. She had very big feet and wore dresses long enough to cover them. Of course, the French court followed her example. |