The simple design worn at the party — a snug waist, a swaying bell of fabric and fanciful appliqués — became one of the defining looks of the 1950s as it evolved into the “poodle skirt ...

Juli Lynne Charlot, the inventor of the classic circle skirt, died on March 3, The New York Times confirmed. She was 101 years old. Charlot, who was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, found her ...