Recent Examples on the WebSwinton moves through a photo studio in the gown’s outsize hoopskirt as Alberto Iglesias’s moody score plays in the background. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2020 Hoopskirts like armor, frilly materials made knife-sharp, curlers or a heeled pump worn as a protuberant helmet: this is female attire that makes a statement, at once protective and aggressive.The New Yorker, 12 May 2013