Another robot. This is what happens when I spend a lot of time looking at Fragonard. Off to finish inking!

sisterwolf:

Sophia in a Corset, part II

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mimic-of-modes:

Corset, ca. 1835; cotton, cording, metal grommets

Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.300.2892a, b; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Richard Herz, 1967

Unlike most surviving corsets of this era, the thread used was not matched to the fabric.  Instead, the maker used navy blue to create a striking contrast, with the precision of the lines of stitching making them appear drawn on with ink and a ruler.

pussylequeer:

Linda Evangelista

questionableadvice:

~ ~ The Star, Crawfordsville, Indiana; February 6, 1904

Why do I get the feeling this might have been a popular urban legend during the Victorian/Edwardian periods? I keep imagining two teenage girls sitting in a parlor and talking:

Victorian girl #1: “My cousin, Mabel, well she has a friend whose sister knows a girl who laced her corset too tightly and then tried to climb three flights of stairs and died!”
Victorian girl #2: “No! Really? How dreadful! Tell me more…”

holdthisphoto:

Polaire, 1900

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Anna Held. 1890s. With bears.

kylarose:

c. 1918, “Correct poise is attained and natural poise is improved through the wearing of ‘Jurna’ corsets.”