What Katie Did for Christmas !

What Katie Did for Christmas ! If you’re planning to wrap up up for winter in some luxurious vintage retro style lingerie, then isn’t it time you sent that order off to Santa now ! Vintage Lingerie and Corsets What katie Did, the reigning queen of faux-vintage undergarments and hosiery are taking orders now for …

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The Gibson Girl Look – Myth or Reality

The Gibson Girl. The idealized Edwardian pin up illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson cemented the Edwardian style myth of nipped waists. The Gibson Girl Look – Edwardian Style Gibson Girls became the first 20th century standard of female beauty and style. Named after Charles Dana Gibson, a Life Magazine illustrator. His fanciful illustrations inadvertently created …

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The Corsetiere – Professional Corset and Girdle fitting

The Corsetiere – Professional Corset and Girdle fitting in the 1930’s and 1940’s Thought i’d post this interesting feature on The Corsetiere.These corsetieres worked for the major firms that supplied conventional foundation garments to the vast majority of women for many decades in the last century.Found these wonderful images and accounts on The Corsetiere Here …

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