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Freda Cox wearing a liberty bodice in an early advertising photograph for Symington, published between 1908 and 1910. The liberty bodice (Australian and British English), like the emancipation bodice or North American emancipation waist, was an undergarment for women and girls invented towards the end of the 19th century, as an alternative to a corset.
Dress reformers promoted the emancipation waist, or liberty bodice, as a replacement for the corset. The emancipation bodice was a tight sleeveless vest, buttoning up the front, with rows of buttons along the bottom to which could be attached petticoats and a skirt.
Meanwhile, designers of women's undergarments relaxed the corset. The invention of new, flexible but supportive materials allowed whalebone and steel bones to be removed. The emancipation or liberty bodice offered an alternative to constricting corsets and, in Australia and the UK, the liberty bodice became a standard item for girls as well as ...
A young girl's sailor dress of the type called a 'Peter Thomson' in the United States. French, 1911–12. A sailor suit dress is a traditional English civilian clothing piece that follows the styling of the British Royal Navy's sailor suit (which also originated in england), particularly the bodice and collar treatment.
Forsalebyowner.com is the United States largest "by owner" real estate website. It provides a real estate advertising and information service that charges a flat fee to property owners who advertise their property on the company’s Website.
Liberated Brands, the operator for Billabong, Quiksilver, and Volcom, filed for bankruptcy effectively closing the popular retailers in the U.S.
(Reuters) - Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid said on Thursday they proposed to make a formal bid ...
Close-bodied gown or robe à l'anglaise of purple and white striped silk, French, 1785-90, LACMA, M.2007.211.931. A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century.