those victorians, man

[cimorene]

"Ladies' Winter Wrappings" (10.31.1885, pp.704-705). Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898: 1000 Illustrations, ed. Stella Blum, Dover, 1974: p. 184

I was saying that Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898: 1000 Illustrations is possibly my favorite book for comfort reading, even though it is mostly pictures, which prompted isilya to wonder how anyone could even sit down in a bustle. As this picture shows, her back is pretty distant from the back of the chair...

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[damned_colonial]

I'm one of them. I'd say that the moderately boned bodies I wear with my Elizabethan are definitely more comfortable than a bra, and I'll go so far as to say that the heavily boned, tightly laced leather corsets I wear for fetish-wear are no less comfortable than, say, tight jeans.