Meet the hobble skirt, the skirt that literally hobbled women. | The Goods by Vox

HOBBLE AND HEIST: Investigators are looking for a suspect who faked an injury, using a cane and neck brace, to pass a note and rob a Louisiana bank before dropping the act and running off with a pile of cash. | Fox News

Have you heard of - 🐴 a bit hobble? Do you use one? Do you use it correctly? On a shank bit, a curb strap is used for leverage and can be a point of contact. With any type of snaffle bit a curb strap is not used because there is no leverage. However on the snaffle but you use a hobble strap. The hobble strap sits between the snaffle and the rein; it doesn't sit behind the rein like a curbstrap. The purpose of the hobble is to keep the snaffle bit from pulling through a horses mouth. The hobble

This is the story of a Victorian fashion style called the hobble skirt where women had to put on these skirts where they could barely walk. This is Victoria style. Made it very difficult for women to move fast. And eventually died out. although we still have the pencil skirt today. #VictorianStyle #victorianera #victorianfashion #WomensHistoryMonth2024 #womenshistory | Deanna Falchook