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Evolution of the Bodice - Coggle Diagram
Evolution of the Bodice
- Enhanced bust symbolizing fertility
- Cretan bodices: Supportive, breasts exposed
- Egyptian kalasiris: Linen dress
- Greek strophion: Cloth/leather band
- Roman zona: Linen wrap for support
- Bandages compressing breasts under loose drapes
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- Emphasized thin, vertical Gothic style
- Reflection of Christian Puritanism
- Modesty and downplaying the female form
- Corsetry emerges as outerwear
- Corsage (France/Burgundy) or imbusto (Italy)
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- Opulent designs and embellishments
- Starched canvas, quilting, and boning
- Detachable and interchangeable sleeves
- Spanish fashion influence
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- Stays made of wood, ivory, or whalebone
- Steel busks (banned in Venice)
- Pièce d’estomac: Protruding over the belly
- Libertine discourse at Versailles
- Ornate bodices with bows and low necklines
- Master bustaios: Precise measurements
- Boning strategically placed
- Luxurious fabrics and trimmings
- Enlightenment: Naturalness and breastfeeding
- Directory period: Classical fashion revival
- Hourglass figure and restrictive corsets
- Technological advances: Metal eyelets, elastic laces
- Looser silhouettes and oriental influences
- Medical advocacy for comfort
- Mary Phelps Jacobs patents first brassiere (1913)
- Post-WWI: More revealing fashions
- 1930s-1950s: Underwiring, padding, Dior’s New Look
- Reinterpretation of corsets
- Designers: Man Ray, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier
- Blurring lines between lingerie and outerwear
- Tension between modesty and exhibition
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