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Corsets and Crinolines

Paperback by Waugh, Norah; Dolan, Judith

Corsets and Crinolines

£34.99

ISBN:
9781138665668
Publication Date:
11 Sep 2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
190 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 Jan 2025
Corsets and Crinolines

Description

In this classic book, Norah Waugh explores the changing shapes of women's dress from the 1500s to the 1920s. Simple laced bodices became corsets of cane, whalebone and steel, while padding at shoulders and hips gave way to the structures of farthingales, hoops and bustles. Corsets and Crinolines explains the cyclical nature of these fashions, and how waists and skirts changed shape and size through three distinct eras: The 1500s to 1670-farthingales and whaleboned bodies. 1670 to 1800-Stays and hooped petticoats. 1800 to 1925-corsets, crinolines and bustles. Each section describes how these garments originated, how they became popular and how they emerged as central to the fashions of the time. Extracts from diaries, journals, poems and newspapers, as well as over 100 illustrations, demonstrate the variety of these ubiquitous items of clothing throughout modern history. Corsets and Crinolines also contains a wealth of practical notes and resources for today's costume makers and designers, including: Scaleable patterns for the construction of 25 different bustles, crinolines, corsets, corselets, stays, pocket hoops, hooped petticoats and bodices. Detailed appendices on the manufacture of corsets and crinolines, including farthingales, supports and hooped petticoats. A list of further reading, including costume histories; textile and weaving histories; reconstruction of period clothing; contemporary application of foundational garments; and a list of museums and institutions with period clothing collections, for first-hand study. A glossary of terms and materials.

Contents

Table of Contents Chapter I. Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to 1670 1. The Whaleboned Body 2. The Farthingale 3. References to Whaleboned Bodies and Farthingales from Contemporary Sources Chapter II. 1670 to the End of the Eighteenth Century 1. The Stays 2. The Hoop Petticoats 3. References to Stays and Hoop Petticoats from Contemporary Sources Chapter III. Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to 1925 1. The Corset 2. The Crinoline and the Bustle 3. The Corset-from Contemporary Magazines 4. The Crinoline and the Bustle-from Contemporary Magazines 5. References to Corsets, Crinolies and Bustles from Contemporary Sources Appendix I: The Construction of Corsets Appendix II: The Construction of Farthingales, Hoop Petticoats, etc. Appendix III: Supports for Corsets, Crinolines, etc. Appendix IV: Whalebone Glossary Bibliography Selected Further Reading Selected Museums with Costume Collections Index

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