The first look from 1870-1878 featured skirts with a high, soft bustle gathered at the back, called the Waterfall Bustle, creating an airy pouf with fullness only in the back. The next era, from 1878-1882, replaced wired bustles with small pads resembling natural curves in the Natural Form look. Finally, from 1883 to 1889, the Second Bustle Period used steel strips to create larger, more pronounced bustles under skirts with cascading ruffles and trains fanning out behind, reviving the exaggerated bustle style.