![dek](https://content.time.com/time/photoessays/2010/worst_inventions/worstinventions_crinoline.jpg)
Worn in combination with the corset, the crinoline was fashion at its most uncomfortable. A relic of the Victorian era, crinolines occasionally measured some six feet across, making simple daily tasks like, you know, walking through doors challenging. Heels look downright practical by comparison.