Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset - The Dreamstress
$ 15.00 · 4.6 (590) · In stock
I’ve already posted about the difference between swiss waists, waist cinchers, corsets & corselets. This week, I’m going back in history, and back to basics, to discuss the differences between stays, jumps & corsets. Stays, was the term used for the fully boned laces bodices worn under clothes from the late 16th or early 17th century, until the end of the 18th century. Before this boned garments were called (in English at least) a ‘pair of bodies’ – for each side of the stays. via here (but if anyone knows the original source I’d prefer to credit it!) The term stays probably comes from the French estayer: to support, because that is exactly what stays did. Stays turned the torso into a stiff, inverted cone, raising and supporting the bust, and providing a solid foundation on which the garments draped. Despite their heavy boning, and how stiff and constricting they may seem to modern eyes, stays were originally seen as more informal wear, as opposed to garments with the boning built in, such as the …
The effigy corset of Queen Elizabeth I reproduction after a pattern by the Tudor Tailor, made by Wicked Lady cors…
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
Corsets – Page 2 – The Quintessential Clothes Pen
1880s corset Atelier Nostalgia
arrière corps a baleine 18th century clothing, 18th century fashion, Corset
medieval Amelia Marie
Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset - The Dreamstress
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
The Augusta Stays & The Cassandra Stays - what's the difference? - The Dreamstress
Elegant Blue Corset from Royal Worcester Corset Company
Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset - The Dreamstress
Jumps”—A Comfy & Sexy Alternative to Georgian Stays — Lucinda Brant
Elegant Fashion of the Edwardian Era