Actually, a lot of the maneuverability issues depend on whether you're using a modern substitute hoop that has circular hoops all the way around suspended in a drawstring petticoat, or if you have a more accurate cage crinoline which a) shifts the weight of the skirts to the back and b) more importantly, has a "break" in the hooping along the front. That "gap" (for lack of a better word) is the key to maneuverability in a hoop--you can sit, you can dance, you can do LOTS of things when the gap is there that become cumbersome when it isn't.
LuAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] wedding in historical costumes In a message dated 10/6/2007 1:52:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Not one of those huge hoop skirts. Impossible to dance a waltz in that. **************** Well, they waltzed quite a lot in hoops in the period. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com<mailto:h-costume@mail.indra.com> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
