Any UK list members see Jeremy Paxman's series on the Victorians last
night? He spoke to a lady who collected Victorian ladies' costume, and
much was made of the discomfort/restriction of wearing a corset. She then
appeared in Victorian underwear and got Jeremy to lace up her corset,
supposedly to show how a lady couldn't dress herself; however, in close-up
you could clearly see the hooks in the front that should have enabled her
to do so!
Kate Bunting
Librarian & 17th century reenactor.
Exactly what I thought! Beautiful corset though!
Viv.
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
