Yes. I made a tie-on pocket, and the typical ribbon is too thin to wear without a corset on. You need one to be able to tie it securely without feeling like it digs in your flesh :(
Love the Boater !. Women's clothes were beginning to lean a tad more masculine, I E, mariner. My waist was that small, then I had an early surgical menopause and they told me I was too thin... which I went from "great BMI" Monday to being chided for being " too thin" Fri. L0L !. I think the ankle daring length is in front only, right ?. Cute ! Pretty Pidgeon breast !.
People give such hate to corsets, but the truth is that as long as you are wearing a corset _safely_ , it’s perfectly fine. Don’t get a corset too small, don’t sinch it up too tightly, when you get a new corset you should start by wearing it for only a small amount of time so that it can adapt to your shape while you can still remain safe, and you shouldn’t wear corsets for too long, and do NOT wear corsets to reach a desired shape. I hate seeing the whole “get a corset too small so you can sinch in your waist. No. Don’t do that. It should be comfortable. It is unhealthy to wear it to change your shape. The internet is full of people saying when getting a corset you should get it small and sinch it tight because they are feeding off of unrealistic body expectations. Don’t listen to them. And most importantly, listen to your body.
@Sue Sue That's not true. If you want to learn more about corsets and how they were worn in the past, Bernadette Banner has a really good video on it.
@@suesue983 This is so untrue it's ridiculous. Tightlacing didn't even exist until the 1840s, and earlier corsets/stays couldn't be tightlaced without risk of damaging or ripping the corset itself. They weren't made for the purpose of creating an ultra thin waist, that's a modern standard. If women wanted to look thinner, that's what breast and hip padding was for to give the ILLUSION of a smaller waist. Into the Victorian period, though tightlacing existed, it was NOT a common practice, and anti-corset "medical" papers from the time were largely just misinformation from men who were criticizing how women dressed -- which is something they do in every decade.
@Sue Sue this is completely false, corsets had space for padding around the hips and bust during specific eras to fit what was popular at the time. They never squeezed the waist more than what the wearer was comfortable with as they were worn during every activity (including working but never sleeping). PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION
@Sue Sue Nope that's a myth. Plus, those drawings of a woman in a corset that are famous? Yeah, those are from times when there was no such thing as surgery with anesthesia or antibiotics. In other words, no surgery that people survived. The medical world at that time didn't even believe in hand washing so I'm not taking their "expertise" about biology.
This is delusional, in the same video she said it's gonna "help her distribute that weight" which is... not healthy, at all, shapewear has been proven time and time again to be detrimental, as our inner organs are not meant to be reshaped unless theres an underlying condition (like spinal issues) I love fashion as well but the issue with fashion enthusiasts believing themselves historians and medical experts is clear as day. Yikes
A lot of those layers were to help keep warm in an era when central heating was quite rare, fireplaces only cast their heat so far, and houses were drafty as sin, with little to no insulation in most instances. Autumn and spring, not just winter, a person wanted to be WARM, so they'd wear layers. Also, the under-most layers were indeed for capturing body oils and sweat and keeping them off the more expensive layers toward the outside. And lastly, one more consideration: Then as now, one's menstrual cycle could show up without warning...which means leaks. More petticoats = more chances to stop a bleed-through from, well, bleeding through. It is also the reason why there were often multiple changes of outfits: morning dresses, luncheon dresses, afternoon dresses, walking dresses, tea dresses, riding habits, evening gowns, whatever you wore to do chores in, whatever you wore to go shopping in, whatever you wore to go visiting others in their homes, etc, etc, ad nauseam...
@@mnm2156But that's the great thing - only the lowest as well as the top-most layers would've needed washing as frequently as we wash our clothes. The rest was similar to a sweater in winter which doesn't need to be washed as frequently. :)
@@mnm2156Oh, and wearing it for only part of a day would also mean you could air them easily, thus making them wearable longer. I imagine only the working/street clothes had to be properly cleaned (semi-)regularly. Thirdly, having a natural body odor used to be much more accepted, and still is in some areas. :)
It also helped keep cool in the summer. A lot of people don't realize that these clothes would've been made of natural fibers which make for light breathable fabrics. And covering so much skin protected against the sun keeping the body cool
You are mixing up economic classes and time periods fam. A low class working woman, who lives in an uninsulated cabin, would not have the luxury of multiple outfits for different events. Instead she'd have multiple petticoats to change out for warmth or soilage, and a few overcoats depending on the thickness, and enough chamois' to get through until washing. Old undies would be turned into hygeinic rags. As for the upper class ladies with their wardrobe? Their housing _was_ insulated, had working windows, etc. A fire might not have cast as far as central heating does, but their wallpaper and furniture and paintings and wall hangings and multiple wall layers with old clothing stuffed between? That's insulation, which even brothels out west had! The upper class's change of clothing was ornamental over functional. Riding a bike or horse was a sport, not a necessity, unlike the milk maid or mom driving across the pasture for breakfast. Your hat pin was for keeping an ornamental sunshade on, not a contemporary bonnet or scarf tied securely against wind and brothers. Like with all of human history, economic class is far more a divider than anything else. Once yoru financial needs are met, you have the resources to play around and show off new things that you commission and provide livelihoods for others from. For anyone unable to spend like that? Function is far more important than being cute... though that doesn't stop women today who have access to thrifting and Wal-Mart and cheap plastic clothing pretending to be fashionable...
I’m a busty gal and my bras are digging in these days. And no, I can’t go up a band size or there is zero support. I’ve been looking online for a functional corset to layer up like olden times. It makes soooooo much sense!
Maybe you're wearing the wrong size all together? Mine used to make put so much pressure on the area the longer I have it on and was uncomfortable even though it looked fine, and raising band size didn't make a different, but then I did bra measument test (you take your measurements and they do the math for perfect size) and it was great, instead of sizing up on band I sized down and sized up for cups, even though I'm by no means busy, now bras don't dig in anymore, and I feel comfortable wearing them for a long time. But you can also try wearing different designs like wire or no wire, or just under wire and so on.
May I recommend a short stay? While corsets are nice and good for their purpose, if you're wearing modern clothing with it I think a short stay would aid you more
I wear corsets but have also found that Shapermint makes some amazing support tanktops, camisoles, and support shorts that hold your belly in. They are breathable and help me with low back pain. I will say if you have thunder thighs like I do, get the shorts that go down to the knees so they won't roll up. I am not the largest bust but not small either plus after a failed reconstruction after a mastectomy I have only one breast. The stretchiness helps keep things smooth when it is too hot to pad.
It’s just lovely! The turn of the last century and just before then is my favourite fashion period, for both masculine and feminine clothing styles! It was all so gorgeous, I think the shapes were amazing, made everybody look so sleek! :D
Me and my buddy were just talking about how we love the old fashion styles. The layers and multiple pieces seems like a real pain but no denying it looks great. Heck, even a blue collar factory grunt looked pretty cool.
i ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS OUTFIT!! My absolute fav fashions have been the 1900s, 1940s/50s and the early 00s. I feel like clothing was made for real bodies in the 1900s and 1940a/50s. As for the 00s, nostalgia as I was 21 in 2009, so I grew up in the early/mid 00s.😅
Wow for some reason the final look almost made me tear up because I imagined my great great grandmother in it. Still amazed that I have the opportunity to know and love her. There’s something so elegant and lost about this outfit. I would feel so beautiful and so distinguished
I’m an old man, but I had to read some answers to see what the women of today would say. Yours is certainly one of the best. But I’m a guy so don’t tell anyone I was here. Lol.
I actually WOULD wear that - make the hat cowboy style, and I'm rocking that thing out for a lovely steak dinner - WITH good wine - and a fine concert at my local university music department!
In the context of England weather it makes perfect sense. We had a couple of tv programs in NZ years ago that experimented with modern people living as if in the past. They were struggling in NZ summer weather 😂 because of the layers and material.
Could you do this overview for multiple eras please! I love fashion history but find it difficult to get concrete answers especially when it comes to layering for different eras, classes, and events/times of day! This would be soooo helpful if you could do this as a series! Love your videos!
I’m pretty sure she is a dress historian for the Edwardian period almost entirely, I could be wrong but most dress historians pick one place and time and focus on it totally to truly understand as many intricacies as possible
I literally started crying at the result, it's so gorgeous. I love your videos, they make me understand the sense of fashion I love. I normally wear gender neutral clothes, but I would absolutely wear that any day.
That's because 99% of the clothes we wear are polyester. Which is plastic. It doesn't breathe and it doesn't wick sweat away. It's my problem too. I'm about to start hand making my clothes out of real linen and cotton since I live in a desert and have always needed to be nearly unclothed too.
@@midnightmuse9829 This kind of thing is very important indeed. Where even the thick layers of natural materials would breath better than todays Minute wear as only slim layers to compare. Average fabric thickness was also on the thicker side to compare to the late 20th centurys average thickness.
@@midnightmuse9829 not my case. I mostly wear cotton clothes in summer and mostly woolly ones in winter. Still, i hate having multiple pieces, having to coordinated colours and textile types...winter is a nightmare for me. I understand people's fascination for this and previous fashion eras but I dont think it's for everyone. I'm sure some people at the time hated it too 😅
I'd love to wear it. It's gorgeous and fits you like a glove. Wearing clothing specifically tailored for you is definitely a winning look. That's why people don't look polished today! Tailoring is everything! ❤❤❤
I'm really loving your historical clothing videos because I'm writing a tv pilot featuring a 1890s widow who helps design a mechanical computer, and it helps for me to see what she'd wear to go work on the computer every day!
I've heard some historical fashion gurus explain it basically like this: they used to wear so many layers because fashion used to be about the shape of your clothes. Now fashion is about the shape of your body.
You look amazing in it. Looks like too much work on the daily, but makes us miss thoughtful fashion. Nowadays showing as much skin as possible, which is great sometimes. This look is refreshing.
I'm not a historian, so I don't know about specific time periods but I do know a bit. People may have worn a sort of belt that would hold a cloth or rag in place between the legs. An amazing kind of moss called sphagnum moss was also used between layers of fabric. The moss is naturally antiseptic and antibacterial (due to it coming from the anaerobic environment of a bogland), and can hold upwards of 10x its weight in liquids. Sphagnum was also used for baby's nappies. It was used in many wars, including World wars, as wound padding and bandaging due to its medicinal and absorbant properties!
I would wear that with the caviot that the clothing be made of a natural fiber like cotton/linen/wool and not a synthetic fiber. Once you start wearing synthetic fibers, you get *hot* and _fast_ whereas a natural fiber breathes better and can wick away your sweat.
If you wear early spring clothing in summer, yeah. If you wear summer edition (corsets made of mesh, clothing made of all natural fibers in light colors) you'd be much more comfortable in those than modern polyester-in-everything clothing. Thing is, with natural fibers and multiple layers, they tend to trap a lot of air between them, thus serving as insulation between your body and heat. Also covering as much of the skin as possibile creates shade for everything that is covered - and that can really make huge difference!
@@miramari732I don't disagree with you, but OP said climate but did not mention the season. So I would presume that they simply reside in a hotter nation than these clothes were designed for, as there are places where it would still be quite hot in early in spring.
Oh it’s so pretty! Honestly With my body type id probably be able to get away with just a chemise and corset lmao I honestly can’t wait to get a proper corset - I am OBSESSED with Victorian lingerie dresses
Love your videos, I’ve learned a lot about clothing styles thru-out our history - although I’m a renaissance fan , a Caribbean pirate , a Irish Druid / Wiccan , history teaches us many styles ❤ thank you very much
How in the WORLD did any woman chase after their little kids wearing all those layers?! I'm sure it was just how they grew up/knew life to be but wow! Such a beautiful outfit and props to all those moms 🤯💪
Nannies…They had staff for their homes and many household duties. Remember, these lovely outfits were Not worn by the lower economic classes. And yes, I’d love to wear these outfits.
Ah, Edwardian (and in many cases Victorian) Fashion. Where the women were as upholstered as the furniture. I had a Lecturer for Art History back in College who was in his 70's, and he would tell stories from His Grandmother, (we we're looking at the Arts and Crafts Movement), and hearing stuff almost first hand from those periods was wild.
