High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the eighteenth century to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back flat. This provided a flat panel where boldly scaled woven patterns or rich embroidery could be fully appreciated.By mid-eighteenth century it had been developed into the robe a la francaise, which ensured that a woman took up three times as much space as a man and always presented an imposing spectacle. At their most extreme, in the French court of Marie Antoinette, panniers could extend the skirt several feet at each side. By the 1780s, panniers were normally worn only to very formal evening gowns and within court fashion.

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