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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.
History. The female buttocks have been a symbol of fertility and beauty since early human history. Statues created as early as 24,000 BC, such as the Venus of Willendorf, have exaggerated buttocks, hips, and thighs. [ 1] The erotic beauty of the female buttocks was important to the ancient Greeks, thought to have built such statues as Venus ...
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 ...
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 ...
v. t. e. A ball gown, ballgown or gown is a type of evening gown worn to a ball or a formal event. Most versions are cut off the shoulder with a low décolletage, exposed arms, and long bouffant styled skirts. [1] Such gowns are typically worn with opera-length white gloves, vintage jewelry or couture, and a stole (a formal shawl in expensive ...
A crinoline / ˈkrɪn.əl.ɪn / is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century. Originally, crinoline described a stiff fabric made of horsehair (" crin ") and cotton or linen which was used to make underskirts and as a dress lining. The term crin or crinoline continues to be ...