Boning!

BONING:

Boning refers to rigid strips of material used to maintain shape of a corset or bodice each strip of boning material is called a bone or a stray. The bones are sewn vertically into the fabric of a corset depending upon the strenght. Stays were historically made  of whalebone, ivory and other types of bone and wood but today they are made primarily from steel or plastic. The earliest types of corsets were worn from the 16th-17th century were they were worn to transform the upper torso into a very stiff inverted cone shape. In the19th century corsets became less restricted and stays were often used only on the front of the corsets, the first steel boning dates from around this time, and when the whalebone became scarce and expensive in the latter 19thc people looked to different materials for corseted.

                                                                      ELLIE SAAB

  

                                             

                                           

    

                                              

                                     

                                  

                                 

                                  

                                

                

                                         

                                                               Alexander Mcqueen

             

                                                            

                                         

                                      

                                                

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