On Sarah A. Chrisman's twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, sh…
On Sarah A. Chrisman's twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, sh…
25 beautiful and historically accurate corsets covering almost two centuries of dressmaking, from 1750 to 1917.
Studies corsets from four museum collections (Victoria and Albert, Fashion Museum in Bath, St. Fagan's Museum in Cardiff, and the National Museum of Scotland), skeletal remains from two collections (St. Bride's churchyard, London and the Musée de l'Homme in Paris), and doctors' …
Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with her seminal work on corset-related skeletal deformation. An undergarment that provided support and shape for centuries, the corset occupies a fami…