tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post2674116573049384905..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Historical Costume: 19th Century Underwear RevealedLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-36300694064832118422018-09-14T05:58:48.770+01:002018-09-14T05:58:48.770+01:00Easily Boost Your ClickBank Commissions And Traffi...<b>Easily Boost Your ClickBank Commissions And Traffic</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bannerizer.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Bannerizer</b></a> made it easy for you to promote ClickBank products using banners, simply visit <b>Bannerizer</b>, and grab the banner codes for your selected ClickBank products or use the <b>Universal ClickBank Banner Rotator Tool</b> to promote all of the ClickBank products.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-19868633397663113362015-08-05T22:39:36.225+01:002015-08-05T22:39:36.225+01:00Thank you for dropping by, Rosemary. I'm pleas...Thank you for dropping by, Rosemary. I'm pleased that you enjoyed the post. I think the number of garments a woman had to wear must have made the whole ensemble very heavy - especially if it were winter when she wore an extra red flannel petticoat over the two white cotton ones plus the crinoline. <br /><br />I take my hat off to those Suffragettes who managed to demonstrate and break windows wearing all that clobber!Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-43270845954495984232015-08-05T22:30:42.585+01:002015-08-05T22:30:42.585+01:00Thank you for your comment, Jane. It's not my ...Thank you for your comment, Jane. It's not my area of expertise but I think that the lacing was always adjustable, possibly because the practicalities of tight-lacing meant the wearer of the corset always had to start from something reasonably comfortable. I could see that Mireille had to pull the corset together quite hard in order to do up the front hooks. If the back was already tightly laced, it would be impossible.<br /><br />My book on Working Women's clothes of the period isn't very clear, alas, but I think a working woman probably wore something like a liberty bodice which gave her a bit of support without being too uncomfortable.Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-10535846989749621842015-08-05T19:35:46.650+01:002015-08-05T19:35:46.650+01:00Fascinating post - thanks for sharing all the phot...Fascinating post - thanks for sharing all the photos and details. It's much more elaborate than I'd imagined!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-33698168220525121052015-08-05T19:24:10.933+01:002015-08-05T19:24:10.933+01:00A fascinating post. It was lovely having the photo...A fascinating post. It was lovely having the photographs showing the seperate layers.<br />Wasn't there a period when corsets were laced at the back to the desired shape, but had hooks at the front so a woman could put them on and take them off on her own? Jane Jacksonhttp://www.janejackson.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-73312084734431940762015-08-05T15:57:09.058+01:002015-08-05T15:57:09.058+01:00Thank you, Melinda/Sarah for your interesting comm...Thank you, Melinda/Sarah for your interesting comments.<br /><br />There is a perceptive comment in 'The Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century' which throws light on your point about no stays at all. 'Each feminine fashion may be said to have an 'optimum age' - and age to which it is particularly suited ... In the Regency, we might put it at 17; by the middle of the century it had advanced to perhaps 35.'<br /><br />How true!Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-73101178835854829942015-08-05T14:51:23.758+01:002015-08-05T14:51:23.758+01:00Elizabeth and Amanda, I had wondered about this, t...Elizabeth and Amanda, I had wondered about this, too, since not everyone could afford a maid - especially ladies fallen on hard times. And as a writer of romance it is nice to know that a girl might elope or run away and still be able to present a satisfactory appearance :-)Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-42204576401526742482015-08-05T14:50:11.984+01:002015-08-05T14:50:11.984+01:00Wonder Elizabeth, thank you, a very informative po...Wonder Elizabeth, thank you, a very informative post. When I was researching for a recent book I learned that there was a (very) short period in early 19th C England when it was fashionable to go without a corset, or stays, but not many ladies did. Dancers did leave off the corset so they could move more easily, which may help to explain why so many gentlemen enjoyed going to the theatre!Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-85003459849569760022015-08-05T14:39:03.974+01:002015-08-05T14:39:03.974+01:00She reached behind and tightened the lacing by fee...She reached behind and tightened the lacing by feel. I imagine that girls like the Bennet girls would either have done each others lacing, or maybe a maid did it. I know it's not the same, but one usually manages to do up one's bra by oneself!Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-67409812647630451602015-08-05T10:22:10.501+01:002015-08-05T10:22:10.501+01:00A fascinating post, Elizabeth. Thanks! How did she...A fascinating post, Elizabeth. Thanks! How did she manage to lace the corset at the back? Did she have strings at the front that, if pulled, automatically tightened the lacing at the back or did she have to reach behind her and do it like that?Amandahttp://www.amandagrange.comnoreply@blogger.com