Geeking out

[isabelladangelo]

I promise to post pictures later today or tomorrow but right now, I'm so completely giggly over my latest acquisitions its scary. I have, in my possession, two late 18th c stays. Squee! The blue pair I have are so completely 1790's Regency its just amazing to drool over them. They even still have the tiny hip pads! The green pair, I think, are even earlier (1770's?) but it's hard to tell. They are't exactly as distinctive as the blue pair are.

I just doubled my 18th c antique clothing collection!!!! (And now I have something to help me create a decent pair of Regency stays.) Much more later.

Comments

[wereleopard.livejournal.com]

That green set is GORGEOUS!! So jealous :D

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

:-D The green one is really interesting because, based on feel, it's a lot older than the blue one. It curves at the sides rather than lies flat because it's so heavily boned -which indicates, to me, an earlier date. I think it was a pair of mid-century stays that got cut down and recovered but I'm not entirely sure.

That...and you've got to love the embroidery on it!