Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Women bought corsets from mail order catalogues in 1889

Open catalogue under display glass, its pages filled with rows of engraved illustrations of corsets.

1889: the great cities are lit by electric lamps, the food industry employs pasteurisation, and women are buying CORSETS from mail-order catalogues!!! Well, why not? It is convenient and, above all, progressive!

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