Table of Contents
Chapter I. Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to 1670
1. The Whaleboned Body
2. The Farthingale
3. References to Whaleboned Bodies and Farthingales from Contemporary Sources
Chapter II. 1670 to the End of the Eighteenth Century
1. The Stays
2. The Hoop Petticoats
3. References to Stays and Hoop Petticoats from Contemporary Sources
Chapter III. Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to 1925
1. The Corset
2. The Crinoline and the Bustle
3. The Corset—from Contemporary Magazines
4. The Crinoline and the Bustle—from Contemporary Magazines
5. References to Corsets, Crinolies and Bustles from Contemporary Sources
Appendix I: The Construction of Corsets
Appendix II: The Construction of Farthingales, Hoop Petticoats, etc.
Appendix III: Supports for Corsets, Crinolines, etc.
Appendix IV: Whalebone
Glossary
Bibliography
Selected Further Reading
Selected Museums with Costume Collections
Index
Biography
Norah Waugh taught courses on historical costume at the Central School of Art and Design in London, as well as being head of the costume department at Michel Saint Denis' London Theatre Studio.
Judith Dolan is a Distinguished Professor of Design at the University of California San Diego. Her costume designs for Harold Prince’s production of Candide won a Tony Award in 1997.
