For Corsetra

[green_martha]

Just saw this morning a short paragraph in a La Mode Illustrée, 28th of August 1887, advertising a "new invention" for ladies who get hurt by metal bones, for corsets, made of reed or whalebone, shaped like an open grid, or a "reed mesh as used for chairs". They are, the artciel says, "extremely light, extremely flexible, so that the waist is entirely free to move" (I'm sure I can do better in terms of translation, the original French text is kinda weird to start with and I only got 4 hours of sleep)
Sadly, no pictures, so I don't know whether or not it'd look like a skeleton corset or be slightly different.

Comments

[corsetrasewing.livejournal.com]

that sounds cool. Oh look I made a pun!
Putting this in my memories, Thanks!

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Glad I can be some help ! There's so much information in those books I wonder whether I'll ever get around to reading it all, much less getting it all into my head !