Support Garment Showdown: Options for Creating a Victorian Look

For this post, I am focusing mainly on the Mid to Late Victorian Era (1855-1901). However, there are tricks for all eras and I will be covering them soon! Corsets are an essential part of almost any historical costume. For hundreds of years they have shaped and supported women and their clothing, creating otherwise inimitable…

1837-1867 Antebellum/Civil War Victorian Era Convertible Ball Gown

1886 Wedding Dress Culture: American Medium: silk faille, cisele velvet

civil war / victorian

Dispelling the Myth of the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Waist – Historical Sewing

Augusta Auctions 1830s fashion, Fashion, Victorian fashion

Victorian Corset Edwardian corsets, Victorian fashion, Corsets and bustiers

Support Garment Showdown: Options for Creating a Victorian Look With or Without a Corset – The Pragmatic Costumer

Dispelling the Myth of the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Waist – Historical Sewing

overbust – The Pragmatic Costumer

underbust – The Pragmatic Costumer

Riding habit, French, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Day dress ca. 1871 From the Tyne & Wear Archives & (Fripperies and Fobs)