Robin Whittle's Show-and-Tell - Corsetry 1 Page 4
Back to the Show and Tell page for various items of
eclectic
interest such as a 1913 colour photograph of a demure young woman and
two
photos of the Sun Beachgirl Quest circa 1950.
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Back to the First
Principles
page http://www.firstpr.com.au
- where you can read of many technical, consumer advocacy things, but
also
some non-intellectual, aesthetic delights such as my 21 metre Sliiiiiiiiiinky
and some photos from a trance techno dance-party in the forest.
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Contents
Page 1:
- From my collection of corsetry
advertisements
Page 2:
- Some images of the fabulous Dita
von Teese wearing a corset
- The Golden Age of (Australian)
Corsetry by D.A. Cooke
- Brassieres: An engineering Miracle, article from 1964 by
Edward Nanas
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- Shapely and sensual
girdles and the like from Lingerie Direct in the USA.
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You are here.
- More corsets from various sites
- Links to kindred sites
If you like this sort of thing, be sure to check out www.dollhousebettie.com
in San Francisco. They sell authentic vintage girdles, bras and the like, and go to
the trouble of beautiful photography and archiving the images of all
the items they have sold. For instance, a swimsuit from the 1950s, "Rose Marie Reid, Mermaid Maillot" with extraordinary fabric which seems to have gone out of fashion, and probably production, since then.
6 - More corsets from various sites
From Wagner Textilversand http://www.corset-wg.de
These are their styles Schnürkorsetts Ethel and Maßmodelle
240 . . .
. . . Maßmodelle 245 and Korseletts -
Konfektionsmodelle 400 . . .
. . . Korseletts - Konfektionsmodelle 1244 and Hüfthalter
863 . . .
. . . and Büstenhalter 237.
The last one is not from Wagner Textilversandbut
it seems to fit nicely here
J.C Creations in Amsterdam http://www.jc-creations.com
makes corsets and has an extensive gallery of modern and
historical pictures and postcards.
C & S Constructions http://www.candsconstructions.com
in the UK make some beautiful, bright corsets. They have a lively
gallery, and an interesting history of corsetry by Pandora:
The Right Place, also in Germany http://www.the-right-place.com
makes their own corsets and sells those of a number of other prominent
companies. Their web site is a maddening frames-based thing which
requires
constant exploration and frequent trips to the home page to start
again.
But by doing so, some intriguing images can be found in the
galleries!
Click on these images for larger
versions. Like quite a few of the images here, I have
improved on the originals
a little with judicious sharpening of the image (unsharp mask) and
sometimes
some correction for colours, dark-light range and gamma.
Axfords, as mentioned below
is a widely respected corset maker. But they
also have some delicate contrivances such as these French Knickers and
Frou
Frou briefs. They also have delicate bouffant slips and a range
of
white cotton bloomers which reach below the knee, including split
bloomers.
Dark Garden http://www.darkgarden.com
makes beautiful, elaborate, imaginative corsets. Click on these images for larger versions.
Their site has four images of each corset.
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. . . fabulous
Purple Silk
Chinese Brocade fabric . . .
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Sweetheart Longline
Corset
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Arch Rival Corset
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Aziza Corset
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Baroque Corset
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Camisole and Tap
Pants
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Pointed Victorian
Corset (With Straps)
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All sorts of intriguing items can be found at http://www.fajasonline.com , not
least this one:
http://www.fajasonline.com/med1009.htm
7 - Links
Here are links to other web sites concerning corsetry . . . and
resplendent
women wearing dresses and petticoats.
- Custom-made corsets from extremely narrow waisted Melanie:
http://www.artofcorsets.co.uk.
- Zona the Girdle Zone http://www.geocities.com/~girdlezone/
has dozens and dozens of fine images, links, discussions and other
information.
An excellent site.
- Sylvia Aster's Bandeau Boudoir http://members.aol.com/aster314/index.html
"An Image Collection Specializing in Classic Bras and Foundation
Garments".
This is a fabulous site with many good photographs, such as those of a
Warners merry widow corset, and a striking long line bra . . . here.
They have a pictorial timeline of the key developments between 1900 and
1995. They also have a good collection of corset and bra
advertisements,
such as this
apparently transparent Hickory contrivance.
- Aristasia, the Feminine Nation http://www.aristasia.org
in association with New Lady Fashions sells 1950s style girdles,
suspender
belts and stockings. These include satin-panelled girdles and a
"deep
cotton suspender belt with broderie Anglaise front panel, in white with
pale blue embroidered decorations and all-round lace edging".
Bravo!
- Romantasy of San Francisco http://www.romantasy.com is a
long established custom corset purveyor. President Ann
Grogan offers a 3 month waist training coaching program - and her own
ten
years of tight lacing has achieved a waist reduction of 25" to
18.5".
- Lingerie Lovers/Panty Art http://www.llapa.com/start.html
sells videos concerning panty girdles and the like . . . 38 or so of
them!
Other items on the site include a 1939 sales kit for silk
stockings.
- Garter Queen http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/Salon/3075/
is a site with 52 (June 200) galleries of girdle
photographs!
(Try the Links button.)
- Axfords: http://www.axfords.com
History, advice, fabulous women, corsets and photographs.
- Eric Kroll's photography http://www.erickroll.com
celebrates girdles, corsetry and various other risqué and
bizarre
sensibilities. This commercial site features 54 different departments
of
kink! There is also a video: Girls
from Girdleville. I have seen images from this in a magazine
a few years ago, and they look most humorous and attractive, such as a
well presented woman, clad in shoes, stocking and 1950's satin girdle,
teeing up for a shot of golf.
- Victorian Corsets: Check out the gallery of images
at: http://www.VictorianCorsets.de
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- The Long Island Staylace Association: http://www.staylace.com
has extensive lists of resources.
- Pettipond http://www.pettipond.com/images.htm
has hundreds of images 1950s dresses and the like. Here are some pages
I liked in particular: June
Cleaver, Beach
especially this corset-like swimsuit, catalogs, and magazine
covers and ads.
- There are many corsetry
retailers
with pictorial web sites. One such site is the Orchard Corset
Centre: http://www.orchardcorset.com
. They have a great range of girdles, waist cinchers and
corsollettes.
- There are quite a few girdles etc. for sale at Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com
and search for "girdle" or "corset". There is a category Clothing
& Accessories > Women > Intimates: http://listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/all/category11514/index.html
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- Crepe Suzette Foundations http://www.crepe-suzette.com
has a vast range of old and current corsets, girdles, garterbelts, bras
stockings, petticoats etc. for sale
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- Sleek 'n Chic sell girdles, bras, stockings and slips
etc.: http://www.sleeknchic.com/main/
Contents
Page 1:
- From my collection of corsetry
advertisements
Page 2:
- Some images of the fabulous Dita
von Teese wearing a corset
- The Golden Age of (Australian)
Corsetry by D.A. Cooke
- Brassieres: An engineering Miracle, article from 1964 by
Edward Nanas
Page 3:
- Shapely and sensual
girdles and the like from Lingerie Direct in the USA.
Page 4: <<<
You are here.
- More corsets from various sites
- Links to kindred sites
