> Now, sitting in those long-bodied corsets must have been...interesting. > At least one shows creases where your thighs would bend. Did this style >of corset last long?
Yes and no - The style as pictured here: http://laracorsets.com/Antique_corset_collection_5_Teens+WWI_corsets.htm doesn't last long (just under 10 years, really), but the underbust style, seen in the last pictures of the second row, is actually pretty similar to the 1920s and even the 1930s girdles. In my vintage collection, I have a 1930s girdle which is made more complicated by including a bra as part of the girdle, but whose construction - in terms of materials, and boning, and the basic shapes of the hip/tummy pieces is similar to a 1910 corset in my collection. The 1930 version actually falls lower on the thigh. In my experience, when the corset falls below the hip joint, the bones don't go all the way to the bottom edge, in order to allow sitting. One does sit differently in them then in jeans, but I sit differently in my 1860s corset then I do in jeans, too. Hope that helps! -sunny _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
