When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_(clothing)

   A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...

3. Corset - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corset

   During the late 1700s up until the 1820s, in reflection of the neoclassical style of dress, the demi-corset or short stays were popularised, [3] as the empire line of fashionable gowns did not require support or shaping to the waist. Advertisement of corsets for men, 1893. For men, corsets were sporadically used to slim the figure.

4. History of corsets - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_corsets

   Dress reformers exhorted readers to reform the corset, or risk destroying the "civilized" races. [ 15 ] : 135 On the other hand, those who argued for the importance of corsets cited Darwinism as well, specifically the notion that women were less evolved and thus frailer, in need of the support of a corset.

5. Dress - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress

   Paper sewing patterns for women to sew their own dresses started to be readily available in the 1860s, when the Butterick Publishing Company began to promote them. [51] These patterns were graded by size, which was a new innovation. [52] The Victorian era's dresses were tight-fitting and decorated with pleats, rouching and frills. [41]

6. Billie Eilish's Met Gala corset gown has a powerful message - AOL

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/billie-eilishs-met-gala...

   Billie Eilish brought Gilded Glamour to the Met Gala red carpet on Monday night, wearing a corseted look inspired by the era.. The 20-year-old singer arrived to the famous stairs of the ...

7. Billie Eilish Wears Corset Looks in 'British Vogue,' Says 'It ...

   www.aol.com/billie-eilish-wears-corset-looks...

   Billie Eilish is embracing her new look in a stunning newBritish Vogue cover shoot! The 19-year-old GRAMMY winner went from wearing baggy clothes with her black and neon green-dyed hair to going ...