And here's a collection of the real thing http://laracorsets.com/Antique_corset_collection_5_Teens+WWI_corsets.htm
MaggiRos On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Maggie <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is the one I have at home, but it's been a couple of years > since I looked at it. > > http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Fashions-1909-1920-Pictured-Catalogs/dp/0486286282 > > It has the Look Inside feature, and one of the pages is support garments, > 1909. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Maggie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great illustrations! Now I begin to remember. I do have a book of catalog >> illustrations from the 20s and maybe one from the teens, too, I'll have to >> look. Thanks! >> >> MaggiRos >> >> >> >> >> Maggie Secara >> ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 >> Available at your favorite online bookseller >> See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Katy Bishop <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have a page on my website with some undergarment illustrations from >>> the 1910s, including some tango knickers! >>> >>> http://www.vintagevictorian.com/costume_1910_acc.html >>> >>> About 15 years ago I bought a girdle, made of a woven mostly-cotton >>> fabric that was almost identical to 1910s corsets (corsets get shorter >>> by mid-decade), it's great. I don't know if they can still be found. >>> I don't know of a pattern for a corset of the. The corset doesn't >>> support the bust in the way a 19th century corset does, a separate >>> brassiere would probably have been worn. >>> >>> Katy >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Maggie<[email protected]> wrote: >>> > And while we're at it, what sort of stays or whatever do I need if I >>> want to >>> > wear this authentically? >>> > I'm serious, I am totally lost in this era, I just know I love the >>> look. >>> > >>> > MaggiRos >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
