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Evolution of the Corset to the Merry Widow Fashion
A survey tracing foundations from Pandella’s belt and 1500s steel frames to 19th and 20th century innovations. It covers Warner brothers corsets of 1874, the bra’s emergence, the corselette, girdles, and the 1947 New Look, ending with the Merry Widow shaping garment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Asia
Pandella
Hubby
C Hubby
Catherine de Medici
Catherine
Milady
Lucien C. Warner
I. DeVer Warner
Warner
France
Pandella, It Had More Rubber, the Freedom of A Bird. Friend Flapper
Corsetieres
Warner Brothers