[Gutenberg 53267] • The Corset and the Crinoline / A Book of Modes and Costumes from Remote Periods to the Present Time

[Gutenberg 53267] • The Corset and the Crinoline / A Book of Modes and Costumes from Remote Periods to the Present Time

Profusely illustrated fashion history examines how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to 19th-century Vienna.