How to wear your breasts in 17thC fashion.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Sun July 17th, 2011, 10:06 am

I loved this article on the above subject heading.
http://thehairpin.com/2011/07/the-17th- ... efore-bras

annis · Post by **annis** » Sun July 17th, 2011, 6:03 pm

Fabulous post

Love the lady with her pipe letting it all hang out, though I'm thinking that particular fashion must have been a bit chilly in an English winter (or summer, for that matter). The breast as political statement! Wonder what statement the ice-cream cones of the 1950s were making? And I'm sure those Regency ladies (supposedly liberated from underwear) used some sort of corsetry to get that boobs-hoisted-to-just-under-the-chin look you see in many contemporary pictures.

I bet a few disappointed 17th century ladies wall-banged The Ladies' Diary after marinating their boobs as per instructions and finding that their saggy, "uncomely" breasts hadn't miraculously become plump and round overnight!

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Mon July 18th, 2011, 12:45 am

That was hilarious as well as instructive.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Mon July 18th, 2011, 1:08 am

LOL. "nipple on display" how dreadful!

Great reading, though, I never have trouble with my corsets.

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Mon July 18th, 2011, 2:23 pm

Thanks for sharing, EC. Dangerous things necks. Ha! Great stuff. To think I planned to wear a bikini to the beach this year, exposing all but the two little bits that should be free!