Firm foundation for historical underwear - The Columbian

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From the organ-crushing, bust-enhancing corsets of the mid- to late 1700s to the butt-boosting bustles of the late 1800s to the curve-flattening girdles of the 1920s and '30s, ladies' underg
From the organ-crushing, bust-enhancing corsets of the mid- to late 1700s to the butt-boosting bustles of the late 1800s to the curve-flattening girdles of the 1920s and '30s, ladies' undergarments have evolved over centuries as ideals of beauty -- and notions about the role of women in and outside of the home -- changed. Primarily what women's underwear was meant to do was change women's shapes to be appealing to whatever area of the woman's body was preferred by men at that time, said Yacolt historic costumer and re-enactor Rebecca Morrison-Peck.