Word: hoopskirt
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...sway more than 500 years ago. From 1485 to 1603, the house of Tudor ruled with iconoclastic sovereigns Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and an unshakable belief in power dressing. Forget horse bits and camellias; in the Tudors' heyday, outré looks like the ruff, the codpiece and the farthingale hoopskirt were high-fashion musts...