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In steampunk fashion, corsets are more of a clothing item than an undergarment. Being rather conspicuous, they have more or less become synonymous with the genre. [3] Corsets in brocade or leather, with steel-boning are a form of steampunk clothing inspired by the Victorian era. [9] Brass goggles have become a trademark for steampunk fashion. [8]
Doyle R. (1997)Waisted Efforts, An Illustrated Guide To Corset Making. Nova Scotia, Sartorial Press Publications, ISBN 0-9683039-0-0; Tight Linings and Boning Mary Brooks Picken, 1920; The Practical Corsetiere Mme Ruth A. Rosenfeld 1933; The Basics Of Corset Building, A Handbook For Beginners by Linda Sparks (Author) ISBN 0-9737358-0-5
The Royal Worcester Corset Company, was founded as The Worcester Skirt Company by David Hale Fanning in 1861 in Worcester, MA, and first specialized in making hoop skirts. [1] In 1872 the company changed its name to the Worcester Corset Co., to reflect its change of direction from hoop skirts to torso shaping.
In the 1960s Gossard produced a wide range of bras and corsets and pioneered the pantie-girdle. [16] Women started to demand more choice in their underwear and Gossard responded with innovative designs in a wide range of colours. In the 1970s Gossard introduced "Glossies", a brand designed for a transparent and iridescent appearance.
The Spirella name was used by the Spirella Corset Company Inc that was founded in 1904 [2] in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded on a patent of dressbone, [3] for bustles, but started corset manufacture in 1904. The company manufactured made-to-measure corsets. Benefits for the company's employees included travel, education and health ...
Print (c. 1902) by Albert Robida showing a futuristic view of air travel over Paris in the year 2000 as people leave the opera. Steampunk is influenced by and often adopts the style of the 19th-century scientific romances of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and Edward S. Ellis's The Steam Man of the Prairies. [15]
The corset is designed so that the circumference of the waist is compressed for a distance above the natural waistline. These were never common, as the added pressure on the rib cage as ribs are pressed inwards can be uncomfortable. Reports of nineteenth century pipe-stem waists on corsets often cite a height of up to 15 cm (6 inches).
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