philamuseum: It’s National Underwear Day—This fashionable woman in the 1860s is wearing

philamuseum:

It’s National Underwear Day—This fashionable woman in the 1860s is wearing a chemise and drawers, a corset was gusseted and boned to give a full bust and hips and small waist, a hoop skirt supported a wide skirt, and several smoothing petticoats would also be added. Are you feeling cooler now?

Mannequin dressed in 1860s underwear including cap, chemise, corset, hoop skirt, drawers, stockings, and boots.
Woman’s corset, 1860s–1870s, United States