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.....make the skirts look fuller, or to help the dress project out from behind.........

This seminar will trace the changes in body shape throughout the Victorian period which was facilitated by new attitudes and technology. From cage crinolines to bustles and body-hugging corsets, it will show how it was often the structures worn under clothes which gave Victorian fashion its form. The seminar will examine the devices invented to compress the waist, make the skirts look fuller, or to help the dress project out from behind. Much has already been written about the role of the corset and crinoline in Victorian society, largely focussing on the corset and its detrimental effects on the body. This seminar will therefore explore how these undergarments really effected the women who wore them, aiming to dispel popular rumours and open up questions. It will look mainly at fashionable dress as this is the focus of the Victoria and Albert Museum's collections.

http://www.fashion-era.com/bustles.htm
http://www.costumegallery.com/LadysFriend/Petticoats/
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/19sil/hd_19sil.htm
http://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/more-info.html
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/patterns/1857promenadeinfo.html
http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/IndustrialRevolution.htm

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