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Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.2007.211.399. A bustle is a padded undergarment or wire frame used to add fullness, or support the drapery, at the back of women's dresses in the mid-to-late 19th century. [ 1][ 2] Bustles are worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging.
Bustle (regalia) The Native American bustle is a traditional part of a man's regalia worn during a dance exhibition or wachipi ( pow wow) and originates from the Plains region of the United States. In its modern form, the men's bustle is typically made of a string of eagle or hawk feathers attached to a backboard.
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.
1717 Swim fins. Swim fins, also known as fins, or flippers, are blade-shaped extensions worn on feet or hands for use in water. They aid movement in aquatic sports such as swimming, surfing, and underwater diving. Swim fins are typically made of rubber or plastic. Benjamin Franklin invented wooden swim fins in 1717. [10]
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [6] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [7]
While semiconductors were invented in America, the U.S. now produces just 12 percent of the world’s chips and very few of the most advanced ones, ...
In a breast-rating system that was invented at the time, the highest rating was given to breasts that were "small, white, round like apples, hard, firm, and wide apart". [ 36 ] Women started squeezing the breasts and applying make-up to make their cleavage more attractive; [ 39 ] cleavage was termed the "smile of the bustline" by ...
Photographer Edward S. Curtis spent 30 years documenting over 80 Native American tribes in the early 1900s. ... were forced to attend government ... annual Buffalo Dance wearing bustles made of ...