Speed Limit Bondage Skirt
I’ve heard of hobble skirts, but never realized that they were actually marketed (in 1913!) on the basis of their mobility-restricting qualities:
Found on Edwardian Era Exhorbitance.
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Taking Pleasure In The Beauty Of Restrained Women
That IS a brilliant marketing pitch. Wouldn’t want you woman to walk away too fast from you!
Reminds me of a sign I once saw in a shop: “Loose women tightened here.”
She seems to have good upward mobility though. Wouldn’t surprise me if the guy were part of the rising middle class as well.