history of corsets
TRANSCRIPT
By Jacqui Hogan
History of Corsets
Cretan corsets
First corset
16c ‘body’
16c ‘body’
Elizabeth 1st in a
body
16c iron
body
17c stays
17c sleeved stays
Early 18c
stays (1730)
Late 18c ‘Jumps’ (1770)
Late 18c stays (1770)
Late18c italian stays
(1770)
Late 18c stays (1775)
19c Prince Regent
19c male fashion
Mr Darcy
19c men in stays
Early 19c wrapped
corset (1800)
early 19c long stays
(1810)
19c short stays
(1803)
early 19c short stays
(1824)
Early 19c
womens
fashion
Mid 19c corset (1845)
Mid 19c busk (1840)
Mid 19c corset (1859)
Mid 19c fashion
Mid 19c
corset (1860)
Late 19c materni
ty corset
Late 19c maternity
corset (1880)
Late 19c advert
for children’s corsets
Family corsets
Late 19c corset (1890)
Late 19c wasp waist
corset (1890)
Impact of a
tight corset
Late 19c
corset (1890)
Late 19c
corset (1891)
Late 19c magnetic
corset
20c ‘S’ bend
corset
Early 20c S-line corset (1902)
Early 20c suspenders corset
(1906)
Early 20c girdle
Early 20c ‘rust proof’
corset/girdle
Liberty bodice
21c corset