16th November 2006
Pipe-shaped corsets
Fashionable from 1908 to 1920, the pipe-shape gave the wearer a slender and straight shape, a reaction to the earlier exaggerated shapes of the s-curve. The pipe-stem aimed for an overall straight look, as opposed to the pipe-stem ...
16th November 2006
From the early Nineteenth Century to around 1970, the straight ? fronted corset was in vogue. The corset took its name from the very rigid and straight 'busk' that was used down the front of the corset. This was also known as the s-curve or swan-bill co...
16th November 2006
Pre ? 1500
Corset ? like 'idols' have been discovered on the Greek island of Crete that date back to around 2000 b.c. By placing two ceramic pots together by their bases, a waist shape was obtained, with the handle of the upper pot representing the no...
08th September 2006
Tudor / Elizabethan.
Tudor corsets are conical in shape and rarely extend below the waist. They may be fitted with tabs along the lower edge to hold a farthingale in place, and lace up the back only. When worn with an appropriate skirt will give the...
08th September 2006
There are many reasons why people wear corsets, reasons both intimate and everyday. From one basic pattern stem seemingly limitless interpretations of design and style to accommodate every type of figure and occasion. The corset has adapted to many diffe...
