Fashion Revealed

Corset

1900

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shawl (British), ca. 1850s.

Shawl with Chinese embroidery, late 19th century.

Shawl with Chinese embroidery, late 19th century.

Cotton corsets, left to right: 1895, 1900, 1918.

Satin corset, ca. 1890s.

Bustle, ca. 1875.

Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

Trade card for Kabo Corsets, ca. 1890.

Corset, ca. 1880-1885.

Corset by Sykes, Josephine, and Co., ca. 1890s.

Straw bonnet, ca. 1882.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bonnet, ca. 1880.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bonnet, ca. 1876.

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Silk bonnet, 1860s.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.