Corsetry and Victorian waist training in Britain (c. 1820–1900)

1. Natural waist returns, corsets re-enter fashion

   Jan 1, 1820Labels: Natural waist, Corset

   • Corset overview
   • Colonial Williamsburg

2. Back-lacing eyelets enable stronger tight-lacing

   Jan 1, 1827Labels: Metal eyelets, Tight-lacing

   • Corset history
   • Waugh note

3. Heavier boning spreads in mid-century corsets

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Steel boning, Victorian corset

   • Corset history

4. Great Exhibition spotlights patented corset innovation

   May 1, 1851Labels: Great Exhibition, Roxey Ann

   • London Museum
   • Caplin bio

5. Hoop skirts shift shaping from hips to waist

   Jan 1, 1855Labels: Hoop skirt, Crinoline

   • Corset history

6. Symington begins mechanized mass corset production

   Jan 1, 1861Labels: Symington, Mechanization

   • Nat Archives
   • Harborough Museum

7. Caplin publishes “Health and Beauty” defending corsets

   Jan 1, 1864Labels: Roxey Ann, Health and

   • London Museum
   • Caplin bio

8. Corset debate erupts in popular women’s press

   Jan 1, 1867Labels: Englishwoman's Domestic, Public debate

   • EDM history
   • Corset controversy

9. Spoon busk invention supports sharper waist shaping

   Jan 1, 1879Labels: Spoon busk, Joseph Beckel

   • Spoon busk
   • Busk corsetry

10. Rational Dress Society challenges tight corsets

    Jan 1, 1881Labels: Rational Dress, Dress reform

    • Rational Dress
    • Dress reform

11. “Health corsets” marketed as safer alternatives

    Jan 1, 1883Labels: Health corset, Warner's

    • UW Digital
    • Dress reform

12. Sport-oriented corsetry signals loosening of “training” ideal

    Jan 1, 1890Labels: Sport corsetry, Khiva Corselet

    • John Bright
    • Nat Archives

13. New Woman era pushes freer movement in the 1890s

    Jan 1, 1893Labels: New Woman, Divided garment

    • V A
    • Rational Dress