Oh, that picture! I saw it earlier online. When Julie first
described it, it sounded like the thing was sheer! But I see what
you mean about seeing the outline of her breast.
It definitely looks like it's made of fabric only with no boning.
Yes, Hollywood costumers know better - there are plenty of movies out
there with decent stays and corsets!
Something exists in the 18thC called jumps - described as "lightly
boned stays", although there are lots of questions about various
extant items and what, exactly they were and who wore them when.
Anyway, I have not seen the movie, but from the ads it seems that she
is an upper class lady? The less shaping, the lower the class,
unless of course she was relaxing at home and would not ordinarily
have been seen in public that way.
Obviously it is shaping her somewhat. I think it's unattractive,
especially for a leading lady.
My take on it (as an 18thC type) - that type of thing may well have
existed. She is not "properly" dressed wearing it (maybe she is not
supposed to be "proper" in that scene or she is not a "proper" sort
of character) or it's possible that it's not used correctly.
Also Venice was it's own animal and some of the conventions of
costume we have (from predominantly English sources) don't apply. I
wonder how much research the costume designer did?
Don't let it ruin the movie - at least she's not wearing powder blue
eyeshadow. :-)
-Carol
> I found this image on IMDB:
>
>
> <http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0402894/Ss/0402894/001.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0402894>
>
> Not the best photo, but you can definitely see her corset (and her thru
> it!!)
>
> ~mary
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