• 1920s floral ribbon garters with padding and rosettes, c. 1920s. USA Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Floral Ribbon Garters With Padding And Rosettes

    Floral Ribbon Garters With Padding And Rosettes Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk ribbon Brand: Custom made     These garters are made from an outer of floral printed ribbon and interior of elastic. There are two matching pairs, and both have the unusual addition of pink silk encase 'padding': on one pair this is…
    June 3, 2017
  • Ruffled elastic garters with gilt monogrammed adjusters, c. 1910s, USA. Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Ruffled Elastic Garters With Gilt Monogrammed Adjusters

    Ruffled Elastic Garters With Gilt Monogrammed Adjusters Date:  c. 1910s Origin: United States Fabric: Elastic Brand: Unknown   A pair of garters made from strips of ruffled elastic, threaded through suspender style adjusters that would have allowed the wearer to get the perfect fit, even as the elastic's stretch deteriorated. Early elastics had a relatively finite lifespan…
    June 3, 2017
  • Hand painted silk bridal garters, c.1890s, USA. Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum Collection.

    Hand Painted Silk Bridal Garters

    Hand Painted Silk Bridal Garters Date:  c. 1890s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made     A pair of bridal garters, hand sewn from cream silk and later hand painted with a blue floral design. The garters appear to be made entirely from silk ribbon and fasten with hook and eye fastening with…
    June 3, 2017
  • Pleated tulle and satin bust pads, c.1930s The Underpinnings Museum shot by Tigz Rice Studios 2017

    Tulle And Satin Breast Pads

    Tulle And Satin Breast Pads Date: c.1930s Origin: United States Fabric: Tulle and rayon satin Brand: Unknown   The 1930s saw a change in fashionable bust silhouette, moving from a flattened shape to a more lifted and shaped bust. These bust pads would have been designed to be inserted into a bra to pad out the breast shape whilst…
    March 24, 2017
  • Jacques Fath couture lace appliqué stockings Photography by Tigz Rice Studios The Underpinnings Museum

    Lace Appliqué Fully Fashioned Stockings By Jacques Fath

    Lace Appliqué Fully Fashioned Stockings By Jacques Fath Date:  1954 Origin: France Fabric: Nylon Brand: Jacques Fath It was on January 28th, 1954 that the Haute Couture fashion house Jacques Fath introduced their first ready-to-wear range of stockings, described at the time by Vogue as 'the latest in fancy stockings'.  These stockings were purchased at…
    August 27, 2016