The Spanish Farthingale was a bell-shaped hoopskirt worn under the skirts of women from 1530 to 1580. This fashion piece played a significant role in the fashion unique to Spain during the 17th century, while other countries followed the fashion of France. The name "farthingale" itself is an English corruption of "verdugados", the Spanish word for twig, which refers to the rings of willow and cane bents used to hold the hoopskirt rigid.
The Spanish Farthingale arrived in England in the 1520s, introduced by Katharine of Aragon, Henry VIII's future queen. During the 1530s the Spanish Farthingale worn by English noblewomen began to appear in court paintings and portraits.
The silhouette of the farthingale stayed for the most part the same through the 1550s and 1560s. However, farthingales produced for the court could sometimes be larger.
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