Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset
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I’ve already posted about the difference between swiss waists, waist cinchers, corsets & corselets. This week, I’m going back in history, and back to basics, to discuss the differences between stays, jumps & corsets. Stays, was the term used for the fully boned laces bodices worn under clothes from the late 16th or early 17th century, until the end of the 18th century. Before this boned garments were called (in English at least) a ‘pair of bodies’ – for each side of the stays. via here (but if anyone knows the original source I’d prefer to credit it!) The term stays probably comes from the French estayer: to support, because that is exactly what stays did. Stays turned the torso into a stiff, inverted cone, raising and supporting the bust, and providing a solid foundation on which the garments draped. Despite their heavy boning, and how stiff and constricting they may seem to modern eyes, stays were originally seen as more informal wear, as opposed to garments with the boning built in, such as the …
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Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset - The Dreamstress
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Problem Solving with Regency Stays – American Duchess Blog
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I used a piece of sample fabric to make a corset style top : r/sewing
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The effigy corset of Queen Elizabeth I reproduction after a
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1880s corset Atelier Nostalgia
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18th Century Stays and Corsets - Q&A with American Duchess
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Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
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Rate the Dress: Lock me up in 1887 - The Dreamstress
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Corset, American, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1880s corset Atelier Nostalgia
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Transitional Stays, Jumps and Regency Corsets – Lucy's Corsetry
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Corset, silk, bone, American Corset, Vintage corset, Victorian
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Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset - The Dreamstress