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While a regular skirt is designed to cover up the legs, and slit and wrap skirts cover the legs unless the lady moves right, this kind of skirt doesn't really cover the legs (unless you look at it from the right angle). The point is actually to frame and showcase the legs.
 
It should also be noted this trope could work with a simple dress or a [[Pimped -Out Dress]].
 
Florenz Zeigfeld is probably partially responsible for developing this style with his ''Zeigfeld Follies'' showgirls "glorifying the American girl" from the late 19th C and early 20th C.
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Contrast [[All Encompassing Mantle]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* One of [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'s costumes has this.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Dark Magician Girl's little pink skirt is a bit like this.
* [[She's Got Legs|Hagall]] has one in ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''.
* [[All There in the Manual|The Princess of the Crystal]], aka Himari's possessor, in ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'' has one of these on her [[Pimped -Out Dress]]. It's also the first part of it to go as she makes her speech [[Once an Episode]].
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Satine's [[Pink Means Feminine|"Pink Diamonds"]] dress in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' has a skirt of [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|pink feathers]].
* Miss Kitty the Showgirl Mouse in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' wears one of these during the "Let Me Be Good to You" musical number... in an animated [[Disney]] movie, no less.
* The Grand Councilwoman from ''[[LiloandLilo and Stitch (Disney)|Liloand Stitch]]''.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Re Boot]]'': Hexadecimal trades her cape for one of these when she assumes her {{spoiler|Sprite}} form in Season 4.
* Shows up in, of all places, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' when Pinkie Pie puts on a show for the Buffalo and the Appleloosan homesteaders in "Over a Barrel". The characters weren't too impressed with her [[Tastes Like Diabetes|cutesy song about sharing and understanding]], but fan reaction to Pinkie's dance hall girl outfit was predictable.
* In ''[[Transformers]]'', any female Transformer will have her kibble become this while in robot mode.