Back when it was safe, on one of my antique hunting trips, I stumbled upon what was once an absolutely stunning Victorian cape. When I was walking around scanning for treasure, the first thing that caught my eye was tattered shreds of black fabric peeking out from the back of an old clothes rail, if it’s shredded, ragged and for sale, it’s probably interesting and definitely worth investigating! Then with the glint of black beading I knew that I had found something that I was …
There is no evidence that has been found so far that proves when the first corset was made. We know that women in classical Greece used wide, tight leather belts as under garments and accentuated their waistlines with decorative ribbon tied and wrapped around the waist. There is very little surviving evidence of undergarments or corsetry from across Europe during the later stages of the Roman Empire and in to the dark ages. This doesn’t mean that they weren’t around, just that the evidence hasn’t …
