18th-19th Century Names For Corset Makers? Lots of them including Stay Maker, Corset Maker, Body Tailor and Milliner. #Corset #Fashion #History
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.

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.

From 1835 The Historical and Local New Bath Guide By C. Duffield. via Google Books (PD- 150)




