Corsets and Crinolines
Author: Norah Waugh
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-06-03
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1135874026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorsets 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.