The Course of the Corset: Edwardian
The Course of the Corset.....Edwardian Style
This week marks the end of our study on the corset. It's been an amazing journey from the ancient Minoans to the Edwardian Period. During the Progressive Era (aka: Edwardian Period), the desired shape of a female's body was largely influenced by the Gibson Girl. For more information on the Gibson Girl see my post at http://allisonbruning.blogspot.com/2012/06/oh-to-be-like-her-gibson-girl.html#.UBkpmUJgNFI
A Healthy Corset
During the later half of the Victorian Era, the general public began to demand a change of fashion. This was largely due to the speculations that the practice of tight lacing lead to major injuries in females, especially when pregnant. Diseases caused by corseting, according to medical opinion at that time, included tuberculosis, constipation, corset liver and skeletal deformities. Of course these are only a sampling of some of the ailments that were attributed to corseting. As the general public became more aware of the dangers of tight-lacing they began to demand for a change. Women who asserted the practice of tight-lacing was not dangers were often scrutinized as being vain or slaves to fashion.
An Edwardian Period Corset Ad by Cea @http://www.flickr.com/photos/centrala...
A New Corset, A New Image
An Edwardian Corset - US Public DomainThe ad above shows the new style of corsets that were created for women after the public's put cry for change. No longer were woman expected to endure the painful practice of tight-lacing. Known as a healthy corset, the S shaped corset worn from 1900 through the 1910's allowed woman to breath and move around easier. In a greater desire to create the Gibson Girl look, the corset allowed a woman to manipulate her body into the sought out S-shaped figure over time. The smaller the waist the best. The style of the corset changed drastically during the Edwardian Period but the desired look was always the same. The corsets remained to be boned but since whales bones were more expensive and rare to use they had fallen out of fashion. The new corsets also had strands on the bottom of them that would attach to the woman's garters. The front laced corset (aka: swan bill corset) designed by Inez Gaches-Sarraute, a corset maker with a medical degree, deformed a woman's body gradually by pulling the bust forward and the hips back. It was suppose to elevate pressure on the woman's abdomen. This type of corset was worn until 1907, when once again the desired silhouette form of a woman changed. The corset continued to manipulate a woman's body into the desired S-shape yet this time the corset was extended to upon the waistline and down the thighs. By 1912, the corset length had reached all the way down to a woman's knees, making it hard for her sit down.
This week marks the end of our study on the corset. It's been an amazing journey from the ancient Minoans to the Edwardian Period. During the Progressive Era (aka: Edwardian Period), the desired shape of a female's body was largely influenced by the Gibson Girl. For more information on the Gibson Girl see my post at http://allisonbruning.blogspot.com/2012/06/oh-to-be-like-her-gibson-girl.html#.UBkpmUJgNFI
A Healthy Corset
During the later half of the Victorian Era, the general public began to demand a change of fashion. This was largely due to the speculations that the practice of tight lacing lead to major injuries in females, especially when pregnant. Diseases caused by corseting, according to medical opinion at that time, included tuberculosis, constipation, corset liver and skeletal deformities. Of course these are only a sampling of some of the ailments that were attributed to corseting. As the general public became more aware of the dangers of tight-lacing they began to demand for a change. Women who asserted the practice of tight-lacing was not dangers were often scrutinized as being vain or slaves to fashion.
An Edwardian Period Corset Ad by Cea @http://www.flickr.com/photos/centrala...A New Corset, A New Image
An Edwardian Corset - US Public DomainThe ad above shows the new style of corsets that were created for women after the public's put cry for change. No longer were woman expected to endure the painful practice of tight-lacing. Known as a healthy corset, the S shaped corset worn from 1900 through the 1910's allowed woman to breath and move around easier. In a greater desire to create the Gibson Girl look, the corset allowed a woman to manipulate her body into the sought out S-shaped figure over time. The smaller the waist the best. The style of the corset changed drastically during the Edwardian Period but the desired look was always the same. The corsets remained to be boned but since whales bones were more expensive and rare to use they had fallen out of fashion. The new corsets also had strands on the bottom of them that would attach to the woman's garters. The front laced corset (aka: swan bill corset) designed by Inez Gaches-Sarraute, a corset maker with a medical degree, deformed a woman's body gradually by pulling the bust forward and the hips back. It was suppose to elevate pressure on the woman's abdomen. This type of corset was worn until 1907, when once again the desired silhouette form of a woman changed. The corset continued to manipulate a woman's body into the desired S-shape yet this time the corset was extended to upon the waistline and down the thighs. By 1912, the corset length had reached all the way down to a woman's knees, making it hard for her sit down.
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