1890s corset

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Vanity Fair," December 15, 1977–September 3, 1978.Saint Louis Art Museum. "Vanity Fair: Four Centuries of Fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 3, 1979–April 1, 1979

A new exhibit at the Design Museum in London showcases how clothes have made the woman, boosting careers over the centuries through fashion.

Every morning, before slipping into her work clothes, Sarah Woodyard puts on a corset. As a Milliner and Mantua-Maker at Colonial Williamsburg, wearing a historically accurate corset is part of Woodyard's job, where she spends her day educating…

1890 corset Drawing

Woman’s Corset and Shoulder Braces. Probably Made by: Williamson Corset and Brace Co., Saint Louis Place of origin: United States Date: 1890’s

I'm interested in making a corset for everyday wear around the farm. Bernadette Banner talks about the corset here:.

Because I have previously tried only the corset types with shaped panels or with a hip basque I have been very curious to give a proper gusseted Victorian corset a try. And because in my opinion 1870's was the last decade before the colorful and luxurious corsets really took over, I wanted this one to look practical and utilitarian. I chose drab coutil because that was one of the most common colors of it's day for an everyday corset. It's a single layer corset with seams sewn as shown here…

The Pigeon-Breast The Edwardian period brought the S-shape silhouette. The flat-fronted corsets which thrust the hips backwards also lowered the bustline, neatly demonstrated in this illustration from Ladies Home Journal, 1900, comparing the Victorian silhouette with the new shape: As the era wore on, the low, pigeon chest became more pronounced, with the bust spilling over low-fronted corsets or shaped and padded in "figure builder" brassieres.