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2. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...

3. 1840s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Princess di Sant' Antimo's gown of watered silk shows the short sleeves, lace flounce collar, and long pointed waist of the early 1840s. The tiny pleats that gather her skirt can be seen at the waistline. 1840–1844. Shoulders were narrow and sloping, waists became low and pointed, and sleeve detail migrated from the elbow to the wrists.

4. 1900s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Girls' fashion for this time period imitated older women of the same period. Girls wore dresses of knee length, with trimmings at the hem such as lace and embroidery similar to women's lingerie dresses. Normally, black shoes or button up / lace up boots and woolen stockings went with the dress as well as kidskin or crochet gloves. Their hair ...

5. 1830s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Sleeve plumpers, corset, chemise and petticoat of the 1830s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Women's undergarments consisted of a knee-length linen chemise with straight, elbow length sleeves. Corsets compressed the waist and skirts were held in shape by layers of starched petticoats, stiffened with tucks and cording.

6. Taylor Swift Is in Her Corset Era—and with These 5 Styles ...

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   And last week, Swift stepped out in NYC wearing a swishy off the shoulder striped dress with a water color-esque corset upper and off-the-shoulder sleeves. And while Swift is wrapping up her Eras ...

7. History of corsets - Wikipedia

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   Woman's stays c. 1730–1740. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft-float patterning, stiffened with whalebone. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.63.24.5. [1]The corset is a supportive undergarment for women, dating, in Europe, back several centuries, evolving as fashion trends have changed and being known, depending on era and geography, as a pair of bodies, stays and corsets.