From "Victorian Paris" web site
A Short Guide to the Ups and Downs of 19th Century Fashion
May 3, 2012 by Iva P.
Fashion is based on volume, or the lack of it, and the repartition of said volume. Nothing illustrates this fact better than the rapidly changing silhouettes of the 19th century dresses. A century that began with a healthy, unconstrained approach to the female body ended with the grotesque distortion of the S-shaped corset.
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