LACING STAYS - We used this reconstruction of a pair of c.1665-1675 pregnancy stays and stomacher (in the Verney Collection, Claydon House) to
Nationalclothing on X: Maternity corsets in the 18th century. Did pregnant women really wear corsets? #maternitycorset #corset #maternitybra #stays #maternitystays #maternityclothes #pregnancycorset #nationalclothing
Katherine Sewing on Instagram: We all know corsets are just . . . historical, outdated symbols of female subjegation and unhealthy beauty standards, right? Actually, no. I am a historical corset maker
people, women, pregnancy, pregnant woman with strap relieving her belly, woodcut, by Jost Amman (1539 - 1591), from De Conceptu et Generatione Hominis, by Jakob Rueff (um 1500 - 1558), Switzerland, 1554, private collection Stock Photo - Alamy
Fashioning Maternity: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Fashion in the Nineteenth Century - Western Reserve Historical Society