Mid-Seventeenth Century Boned Bodies (Electronic book text)

This 'how-to' guide tells you everything you need to know to make your own historically-accurate and made-to-measure replica pair of seventeenth-century bodies, the fundamental undergarment which creates the shape essential to recreating the dress and appearance of women in the English civil war period. Step-by-step instructions on how to accurately measure yourself, how to convert those measurements into a working pattern, and how to use that pattern to make a finished garment, make the process of creating a mid-seventeenth-century corset, or 'bodies', easy for anyone with even a small amount of sewing skill. Historical notes and thorough research into the wearing and ownership of bodies by women of all ages and social class complete the guide.