Simplicity is stocked well with them. When I worked for a fabric store we had shoppers from the various reenactment groups looking not only for the patterns, but authentic period materials as well. To my mind, they were making museum quality stuff...
A chemise was usually worn underneath the corset, if I'm not mistaken, for the reasons you state...
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Date: 2008-07-16 08:32 pm (UTC)A chemise was usually worn underneath the corset, if I'm not mistaken, for the reasons you state...