Women's fashions in the 19th century went through...  ...d her into the latest fashionable silhouette. The bustle was patented in 1857 and became all the rage unti...  ...hion of the time in a letter headed simply “ Bustles .”The writer reels off the numerous health p...  ...t the toe deforming the f...

Have you ever heard of a lobster bustle ? Well, you know a bustle was an appliance for making a woman’s dress...  ...utt. That was the fashion in the 1880s. A lobster bustle looks a bit like a lobster, as you can see in the...  ...ever wondered how woman sat down while...