bustle

Bustle c. 1883-87 Museum Purchase 2005.5.174 Technical innovations continually influenced female appearance during the nineteenth century. Not only were textile production and sewing capabilities improved, but cutting-edge processes shaped the body with steam-molded corsets stiffened with watchspring-steel boning. The 1870s and 1880s were the era of bustles, posterior protuberances that swayed seductively back and forth Read More »