The Victorian Era corset is a heavy duty clothing apparatus, capable of constricting a person's waist down to a dainty 17 inches. A slim midsection and an hourglass figure were all the rage in 19th ...

In the 1870s, many female tourists to Manhattan sought out the city's most curious boutiques—underwear stores that sold what was called “ladies' hygienic underdress.” “Through sheer weariness they may ...

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Silk dresses, corsets, ankle-length skirts, button-up shirts, puffy-sleeved tops, and blazers are modern examples of how there are bits and pieces of late 1800s fashion still prevalent in modern ...