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To prevent women from splitting their skirts, some women wore a [[fetter]] or tied their legs together at the knee.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/fashion-trends.html|title=Fashion Plate Collection : Fashion Trends |website=Digital Collections |publisher=University of Washington Libraries|access-date=2017-09-01}}</ref> Some designers made alterations to the hobble skirt to allow for greater movement.<ref name=":3" /> [[Jeanne Paquin]] concealed pleats in her hobble skirts while other designers such as [[Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon|Lucile]] offered slit or wrap skirts.<ref name=":3" />
The trend began to decline in popularity at the beginning of [[World War I]], as the skirt's limited mobility did not suit the wartime atmosphere.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/58897/hundred-year-old-fashion-fad-hobble-skirt|title=Hundred-Year-Old Fashion Fad: The Hobble Skirt|date=2014-09-22|access-date=2017-09-01|language=en |website=Mental Floss |
==The post-hobble skirt era==
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