May 4th, 2023 at 3:42PM

fashionsfromhistory:

Bodice

Late 18th Century

United States or Europe

The MET (Accession Number: C.I.60.22.10)

399 notes #LOVE this#seems strange that the pattern isn’t totally symmetrical#but my understanding is that fancy fabric was so hard to get ahold of even the very rich didn’t have perfectly cut and aligned clothes