Crinoline dress

The tiny waist is the most noteworthy part of this dress. The conical skirt dates this to the late 1860s.

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Description It was not easy to dress up in the early 1800's! I think my little Vittoria spends something like half an hour or three quarters of an hour to get all ready without any help (her brother is too lazy and, in any case, he's male!) u.u Step 1: Base Lingerie. First she puts on a soft shirt and puffy long jones, nearly always white, but she has also embroidered ones. Step 2: The Corset Corsets in 1800 had practically the same function of today's bras, except that they also had to…

Mary Todd Lincoln dress 1850s. Illinois museum. Sheer pink perfection. Bad manequine.

Evening dress, early 1860s. Fashion Museum Bath

An early holiday gift from three Swedish museums: The Royal Armoury, the castle of Skokloster and the Halwyl museum? Yes, please! Link These three museums now have an online database with a vast collection of objects from the middle ages and onwards so here is something for all tastes: The website is in Swedish only for the time being, but to make a simple search for garments, type "kläder" (clothes) in the search field on the front page and you'll get hundreds of results. Happy browsing!

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Undergarments and supports were the foundation underpinning female fashion up until the early twentieth century. Foundation garments formed the rigid basis that moulded the contours of the wearers …