Corsets and Crinolines

Download or read book Corsets and Crinolines written by Norah Waugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corsets and Crinolines is a study of the changing shapes of women's dress and how these were produced, how simple laced bodices became corsets of cane, whale-bone and steel, while padding at shoulders and hips gave way to the structures of farthingales, hoops and bustles. Added are contemporary tailors and dressmakers accounts, illustrations, index, a glossary of terms and materials, appendices on the repair and manufacture of corsets and crinolines.