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Names For Corset Makers in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times? Lots of them including Stay Maker, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. #janeausten #bridgerton #Corset

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There has been some discussion on the names for Corset Makers. I’ve seen lots of names, including Stay Maker, Stay Manufacturer, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. It was mainly men who were Stay Makers, but there were also some women who included stay making with their millinery.

Corsets Overview History Notes Nonfiction Book 14. This book shows how body wraps, stays, and corsets were worn to create a variety of fashionable silhouettes through past centuries. Corsets flattened breasts and accentuated rounded hips or pushed up breasts and showed off the bust line depending on the fashions of the time and the desired silhouette. Includes corsets through the Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Eras and Jane Austen’s lifetime.  Overview of corsets through history, including the Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Eras and Jane Austen’s lifetime. 

1776 April 28th John McQueen, Stay Maker., New York. At the sign ogf the White Stays in Smith Street, near the Mayor's baths, New York. Making all sorts of stays in the newest fashion that is worn by the ladies of Great Britain or France. Packthread stays for babies from one month to seven years, stays for children of Tabby, Ruffled Canvas, Or Buckram, and for older girls an assortment of thin boned stays of different sorts and sizes.
1776 April 28th John McQueen, Stay Maker., New York. At the sign of the White Stays in Smith Street,near the Mayor’s baths, New York.
Making all sorts of stays in the newest fashion that is worn by the ladies of Great Britain or France. Packthread stays for babies from one month to seven years, stays for children of Tabby, Ruffled Canvas, Or Buckram, and for older girls an assortment of thin boned stays of different sorts and sizes.
1835 Milliner, Dress and Corset Maker to the Royal Family. Mrs. Langdon. 37 Milson Street, Bath, U.K. Local Trade Advertisements. From 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide By C. Duffield. via Google Books (PD- 150)
1835 Milliner, Dress and Corset Maker to the Royal Family. Mrs. Langdon. 37 Milson Street, Bath, U.K. Local Trade Advertisements.
From 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide By C. Duffield. via Google Books (PD- 150)
18th Century Interior of the shop of a body tailor, or corset maker. From 1893 The Art of the Tailor of the Bodies of Women and Children.
18th Century Interior of the shop of a body tailor, or corset maker. From 1893 The Art of the Tailor of the Bodies of Women and Children.
1835 Fashionable Long and Short Stay Manufacturer. Robert Drew & Co. Local Trade Advertisements. From- 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide. Published by C. Duffield via Google Books (PD-150)
1835 Fashionable Long and Short Stay Manufacturer. Robert Drew & Co. Local Trade Advertisements. From- 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide. Published by C. Duffield via Google Books (PD-150)
18th Century Corset Maker From 1893 Le Corset, A Travers Les Ages.
18th Century Corset Maker From 1893 Le Corset, A Travers Les Ages.
18th Century Corsetieres cutting out and fitting. From Saint-Elme Gautier, Le Corset a Travers les Ages. en.wikipedia.org
18th Century Corsetieres cutting out and fitting. From Saint-Elme Gautier, Le Corset a Travers les Ages. en.wikipedia.org
Names For Corset Makers in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times? Lots of them including Stay Maker, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. #janeausten #bridgerton #Corset https://books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook14 Share on X
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Love the Bridgerton family and Jane Austen? Do you need more information for your historical writing? Try History Notes Books 1-28. Non-fiction fashion, music etc #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #GeorgianEra #RegencyEra #VictorianEra

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1800 ca. Jane Austen Style White Cotton Sleeveless Chemise, or Shift. #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #Underclothing #HistoricalFashion

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1800 ca. Sleeveless Chemise or Nightgown of white cotton and lace. Length just below knee. Gathered back and front onto yoke of lace and gathered fabric inserts. Gathers around neck by tape in casing. ‘Blanche’ embroidered centre front. Waist up to 50 in or more. via National Trust Collections, UK. nationaltrustcollections.org.uk

Definition Chemise Or Shift: Sleeveless, mid-calf length garment of white cotton or muslin was worn next to the skin under stays or corset. Called ‘Shift’ from early Georgian (1700-1750) until Late Georgian (1750-1790) to replace ‘Smock’. By 1800, name replaced by ‘Chemise’. Sometimes doubled as a nightshift, or nightrail. From around 1700, women wore a long garment, like a man’s shirt, next to their skin, day and night. ‘Costume In England’ describes this as originally a shirt or smock and adopted by women as an undergarment. 

This undergarment fell from their shoulders to calves, and was called a chemise, shift, or vest. During the day, it was worn under stays, or a corset, and at night it could be worn as a nightshirt. Wealthier women could afford specific bedroom attire, but lower and working class women wouldn’t have had this luxury and so wore a chemise as both an undergarment and as sleepwear.  The rich and the upper classes wore embroidered and otherwise decorated versions of this simple linen or cotton shift. Other classes of women wore a very simple version with little or no decoration as they had no time for decorative embroidery and no money to buy silk threads.

1800 ca. Sleeveless Chemise or Nightgown of white cotton and lace. Length just below knee. Gathered back and front onto yoke of lace and gathered fabric inserts. Gathers around neck by tape in casing. 'Blanche' embroidered centre front. Waist up to 50 in or more. via National Trust Collections, UK. nationaltrustcollections.org.uk
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Writing Regency Era Stories? Lover of the Bridgertons and Jane Austen? Mourning, riding, daytime, evening fashions plus underclothing. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

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Are you a reader or writer of Regency Romance? Love Jane Austen’s books? Want to know more about the mourning, riding, underclothing and other Regency Era women’s fashions in Regency romances? What was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times? Mourning, riding, daytime, evening clothing, plus underclothing, corsets and accessories. This book looks at what was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times, or the early 1800s, or the Regency Era in Britain. Wars were being fought around the globe so women’s fashion adopted a military look in support of soldiers. Fashions, like the lifestyle, became progressively more extravagant and accessories went from colorful to over-the-top. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashion1810-1814

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1850–1859 ca. Pale Green Silk and Steel Corset, French. #VictorianFashion #Corset #HistoricalFashion

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1850–1859 ca. Silk Whalebone and Steel Corset, French. Pale green watered silk corset with black flossing and contrast stitching. via Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco https://art.famsf.org

1850–1859 ca. Silk Whalebone and Steel Corset, French. Pale green watered silk corset with black flossing and contrast stitching. via Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco https://art.famsf.org
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Love the Bridgertons and Jane Austen? Mourning, riding, dresses, underclothing, accessories. History Notes Book 24 Box Set. #JaneAusten #Regency #HistoricalFashion

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An overview of women’s fashions in the first twenty years of the 19th century. What was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times, or the early 1800s. Wars were being fought around the globe so women’s fashion adopted a military look in support of soldiers. In Britain, the Prince Regent ruled instead of his father, King George III, so fashions, like the lifestyle, became more extravagant and accessories went from pretty to opulent.

Reader Or Writer of Regency Era? Love Jane Austen and Bridgerton fashions? What was fashionable for women in Jane Austen’s times, or 1800s, or Regency Era. High-waisted dresses were extravagantly accessorized and hats, shoes, parasols and bags were added. Set includes History Notes Books 12, 25, 26, 27 and 28. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomenBoxSet

Ladies clothing in the early 1800’s featured a high waist line called an Empire Line, or Empire style dress, with a waist line just under the natural bust line and much higher than the natural waist. The high-waisted, or short-bodied, Regency styles shifted focus away from the natural waist and so left the natural waist unconstricted, in direct contrast to previous and future styles. Britain took these simple European styles and progressively made them more elaborate by adding more and more complicated embroidery onto white fabrics to create the white on white look popular for many years.  

The empire look of fine muslin dresses left women more exposed than in the Georgian Era when fabrics had been thicker and styles bulkier. Women, especially in England, preserved their modesty by adding lace, frills, flounces, ruches, and fabric plaits to dresses to adequately cover any parts that might inadvertently be exposed. Outer layers, such as Spencers, Redingotes or Pelisses or coats, and shawls, were also added for warmth and to brighten outfits. This Empire fashion was totally dependent on a supply of fine, translucent cotton muslin – at first imported from India, then later, less exclusive imitations often woven and printed or embroidered in Britain. Fabrics were soft and lightweight and muslins and other cotton fabrics from India and other Asian countries were in high demand.

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Regency Era: Images, information, funny anecdotes give overview of Jane Austen’s and Bridgerton times. #bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #BritishHistory

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1810-1850 ca. Bridgerton or Jane Austen Style Front Lacing Corset With Extra Wide Straps, American Or European. #Bridgertons #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #Corset #RomanticEra

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1810–1850 ca. Corset, American or European. Front lacing, extra wide straps for under a
square neckline dress. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

1810–1850 ca. Corset, American or European. Front lacing, extra wide straps for under a square neckline dress. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

Surviving stays, or corsets as they became to be called in the nineteenth century, show that both longline and shorter corsets were worn and that they were made of cotton, silk and sateen. A lot of these corsets were front fastening, plus many were laced at both the front and the back so our aristocratic fictional heroines could indeed dress and undress themselves without the assistance of a maid.

Corsets 1810-1830 History Notes Book 17 This book shows how corsets changed to fit well under clothing,  give maximum support and comfort. Corsets pushed up breasts and showed off the bust line beneath a square-cut and low-cut neckline as in the early 1800s, or Regency years. Jane Austen and her female and friends wore these corsets. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook17

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1800 ca. Jane Austen Style Fawn Cotton Bodiced Petticoat With Front Lacing. #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #FashionHistory #underclothing

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1800 ca. Fawn Cotton Bodiced Petticoat With Front Lacing, English. via National Trust Collections, UK. nationaltrustcollections.org.uk

Because dresses were so light and airy as to be almost see-through, petticoats were needed to protect a woman’s modesty. If a glimpse of an ankle was supposed to turn a man’s head, imagine what would happen if he saw an entire lady’s exposed leg.

Did Jane Austen wear this type of petticoat under her dress? Probably. This wide necked, small shoulder straps and Empire, or high-waisted, undergarment would have provided some warmth plus protect the modesty of Regency Era women. This would be worn under the high-waisted, wide necked, small bodiced type of thin, or even almost transparent, dresses of the early 1800s.

1800 ca. Fawn Cotton Bodiced Petticoat With Front Lacing, English. via National Trust Collections, UK. nationaltrustcollections.org.uk
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