I’ve already posted about the difference between swiss waists, waist cinchers, corsets & corselets. This week, I’m going back in history, and back to basics, to discuss the differences between stays, jumps & corsets. Stays, was the term used for the fully boned laces bodices worn under clothes from the late 16th or early 17th century, until the end of the 18th century. Before this boned garments were called (in English at least) a ‘pair of bodies’ – for each side of the stays. via here (but if anyone knows the original source I’d prefer to credit it!) The term stays probably comes from the French estayer: to support, because that is exactly what stays did. Stays turned the torso into a stiff, inverted cone, raising and supporting the bust, and providing a solid foundation on which the garments draped. Despite their heavy boning, and how stiff and constricting they may seem to modern eyes, stays were originally seen as more informal wear, as opposed to garments with the boning built in, such as the …
Eighteenth-Century Underwear: Comparing Jumps and Corsets/Stays
Corsets – Page 2 – Fashion Through Herstory
October, 2017
Elegant Victorian corset, ca.1895 Korsett, Kleidung, Viktorianisches korsett
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
Elegant Blue Corset from Royal Worcester Corset Company
1880s corset Atelier Nostalgia
corsetry Atelier Nostalgia