Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Women's Costume during the Directory - 1795 - 1800
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Street costume Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Marie Antoinette style - Late Louis XVI period - 1790
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Louis XIV Period - about 1700
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
Court costume Louis XVI - about 1780
The Corset in the 18th Century
During the 18th century corsets were largely made from a species of leather known as "Bend," which was not unlike that used for shoe soles, and measured nearly a quarter of an inch in thickness.