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Gigot sleeves return in the 1890s on shirtwaists. The shirtwaist uses menswear elements of simple collars and cuffs, and is tucked into a powdered pigeon shape. c. 1895 Golf Ensemble - The Kyoto Costume Institute 1900 Fashion, Plain Skirt, 1890s Fashion, 1800s Fashion, 19th Century Fashion, Gibson Girl, Victorian Clothing, Vintage Mode, Costume Institute

I can't remember when I first heard about the Swiss Waist, Fashionable Reader. From my personal collection Popular in the 1860s this was a boned belt, with at least one peak (either up or down). It usually laced like a corset, only up the front, sometimes is was exactly corset-like with a busk up the front and laces up the back. The Swiss Waist was worn in addition to the foundation corset. It is, so far as I can determine historically, the only corset-like garment that was worn on the…

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