Korset

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the fashionable body shape was achieved with stays, in the ninetheenth and twentieth centuries with the corset. The corset was worn over a linen shift. Corsets were seldom washed because the material was delicate and they were never worn next to the skin. From 1850 to 1910 the corset underwent a great many changes in shape to keep pace with the changing silhouettes throughout the period.

Korset

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the fashionable body shape was achieved with stays, in the ninetheenth and twentieth centuries with the corset. The corset was worn over a linen shift. Corsets were seldom washed because the material was delicate and they were never worn next to the skin. From 1850 to 1910 the corset underwent a great many changes in shape to keep pace with the changing silhouettes throughout the period.