Corsets and Bust Supporter
1880/1911
The Museum at FIT
New York City, United States
Left to right: Man's corset / 1880-1890 / Grey coutil / Lent by The Kyoto Costume Institute
Strouse, Adler Company / Corset / USA, 1900-1905 / Black cotton sateen, pink satin, and black lace / Gift of The Strouse, Adler Company
This fashionable straight-front corset shapes the body into a voluptuous “S curve”—pushing the breasts forward, pressing in the stomach, and arching the back.
Corset / 1911 / Satin, ribbon, brocade / Lent by the Museum of the City of New York
Corset / France, Late 1890s / Warp-patterned silk, boning / Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bust supporter / Natural linen, cotton trim / France, c. 1905 / Museum purchase
- Title: Corsets and Bust Supporter
- Fashion House: Strouse, Adler Company
- Date Created: 1880/1911
- Location Created: USA and France
- Type: Corset, bust suspender
- Rights: Copyright The Museum at FIT
- Medium: Satin, lace, ribbon, cotton, brocade, linen, coutil
- Credit: Left to right: Man's corset: Lent by The Kyoto Costume Institute Corset: Gift of The Strouse, Adler Company Corset: Lent by the Museum of the City of New York Corset: Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bust supporter: Museum purchase.
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