The corset and the crinoline

THE CORSET:--Origin. Use amongst Savage Tribes and Ancient People. Slenderness of Waist esteemed in the East, Ceylon, Circassia, Crim Tartary, Hindustan, Persia, China, Egypt, P...

The Corset according to Homer, Terentius. The Strophium of Rome, and the Mitra of Greece. The Peplus. A Roman Toilet, Bath, and Promenade. General Luxury. Cleopatra's Jewels. Ti...

Frankish Fashions. The Monks and the Corset. Corsets worn by Gentlemen as well as Ladies in the Thirteenth Century. The Kirtle. Small Waists in Scotland. Chaucer on Small Bodies...

Bonnets. Headdresses. Costumes in the time of Francis I. Pins in France and England. Masks in France. Puffed Sleeves. Bernaise Dress. Marie Stuart. Long Slender Waists. Henry II...

Louise de Lorraine. Marie de Medici. Distended Skirts. Hair Powder. Hair _à l'enfant_. Low Dresses. Louis XIV. High Heels. Slender Waists. Siamese Dress. Charles I. Patches. Ela...

Louis XV. À la Watteau. Barbers. Fashions under Queen Anne. Diminutive Waists and Enormous Hoop. The Farthingale. The _Guardian_. Fashions in 1713. Low Dresses. Tight Stays. Sho...

Stays or Corset. Louis XVI. Dress in 1776. Severe Lacing. Hogarth. French Revolution. Short Waists. Long Trains. Buchan. Jumpers and Garibaldis. Figure-training. Backboards and...

The Austrian Empress. Viennese Waists. London small-sized Corsets. Correspondence of _The Queen_ and the _Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine_. Lady Morton. Figure-training. Corset...

No elegance without the Corset. Fashion of 1865. Short Waist and Train of 1867. Tight Corset and Short Waist. A form of French Corset. Proportions of Figure and Waist. The Point...

Front-fastening Stays. Thomson's Corset. Stability of front-fastening Corset. De La Garde's Corset. Self-measurement. Viennese _Redresseur_ Corset. Flimsy Corsets. Proper Materi...

The origin of the Corset--The Indian hunting-belt--Reduction of the figure by the ancient inhabitants of Polenqui--Use of the Corset by the natives of the Eastern Archipelago--I...

Homer the first ethnic writer who speaks of an article of dress allied to the Corset--The cestus or girdle of Venus--Terentius, the Roman dramatist, and his remarks on the pract...

The ladies of Old France--Their fashions during the reign of King Pepin--Revival of the taste for small waists--Introduction of "_cottes hardies_"--Monkish satire on the Corset...

The _bonnet à canon_ and sugarloaf headdress--Headdress of the women of Normandy at the present day--Odd dress of King Louis XI.--Return of Charles VIII. from Naples--A golden t...

Strange freaks of Louise de Lorraine--One of her adventures--Her dress at a royal _fête_--Marie de Medici--The distended dresses of her time--Hair-powder--Costume _à la enfant_-...

Fashion during the reign of Louis XV.--Costumes _à la_ Watteau--An army of barbers--The fashions of England during the reign of Queen Anne--The diminutive waist and enormous hoo...

General use of the word "stays" after 1600 in England--Costume of the court of Louis XVI.--Dress in 1776--The formidable stays and severe constriction then had recourse to--The...

The elegant figure of the Empress of Austria--Slender waists the fashion in Vienna--The small size of Corsets frequently made in London--Letter from the _Queen_ on small waists-...

The elegance of dress mainly dependent on the Corset--Fashion and dress of 1865--The short-waisted dresses and trains of 1867--Tight Corsets needed for short waists--Letter on t...

Remarks on front-fastening stays--Thomson's glove-fitting Corsets--Plan for adding stability to the front-fastening Corset--De la Garde's French Corset--System of self-measureme...