Dress and undress : a history of women's underwear
Entry/Object ID
GT2073.E89
Collection
Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC Collection
Lexicon
Search Terms
lingerie--history, underwear--history
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Elizabeth Ewing
Publisher
Bibliophile
Place Published
City
London
Country
England, United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Date Published
1986
Call No.
GT2073.E89
Notes
Length: 191
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Shaping up to fashion: the start of underwear 3000 BC to AD 1350 -- From willowy waists to flaring farthingales 1350-1600 -- The tempestuous petticoat 1600-1680 -- The big build-up of hoops, and their collapse 1680-1780 -- They threw away their corsets, but wore bust improvers 1780-1830 -- A time of change: drawers and bloomers 1830-1856 -- Dressed to kill, with crimolines and tight lacing 1856-1880 -- Showing the figure, but with bustles behind 1865-1880 -- Revolt against fashion and banishment of the corset 1850-1880 -- The health cult and wool next to the skin 1880 and onwards -- Lingerie and luxury 1890-1908 -- Towards a straight line From 1908 -- World War One, then the ’20s and the boyish figure 1914-1929 -- Material changes in corsetry and underwear and their effect on fashion 1920-1939 -- Clothing by decree, the new look and more changes 1939-1960 -- The youth revolution, today’s invisible underwear and underwear that goes everywhere 1960-1978.
