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From: "Becky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I have some white on white brocade for the corsets. I also have some left
over canvas for the body of the corsets.
Sounds like you're making a major effort! So there's one thing you may want
to keep in mind... they did NOT wear corsets this early. At this stage, any
bust support and figure shaping came from the kirtle! Interlining and
stiffening of the kirtle (though not necessarily boning, and in fact
probably only rarely) gives a bit of a corsetted look, but there is no
evidence of corsets this early; there is, however, mention of the weird new
thing a couple of decades later.
The [Non-Elizabethan] Tudor Corset Is A Myth!
-E House
(I'd like to teach a class on this someday, but I have a feeling I'd get
rotten vegetables thrown at me in a very period-appropriate sort of way. So
maybe a nice web article.)
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