Vintage sewing and fashion ephemera with a few other finds from my travels.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
A Dainty Lingerie Blouse - 1906
I can never figure out how they managed that look. Corsets I understand, but what made that pouter pigeon mono-bust? Stuffing? However, "The present blouse is as fine and elaborate as human fingers can fashion".
Here's a wonderful write up on the different types of corsetry -- the one about the S curve corset explains how that silhouette was accomplished. For all the Victorian things I love, that pigeon breast silhouette is not one of them!
Here's a wonderful write up on the different types of corsetry -- the one about the S curve corset explains how that silhouette was accomplished. For all the Victorian things I love, that pigeon breast silhouette is not one of them!
ReplyDeleteIt'd help to give the link: http://www.waspcreations.com/torso.htm
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