The History of Underclothes

FascinatingsurveyofvariousundergarmentswornbytheEnglishoversixcenturies.Well-documented,scholarlypresentationenhancedwithover100periodillustrationsdepictinglaced-upbodiceofthe12thcentury,embroideredlinendrawers(1500s),hoopedpetticoatsupport(c.1750),footedlongdrawers(1795),19th-centurybustles,early19th-centurycorsetsformen,Victorian"bustimprovers,"muchmore.