IMAGE CREDITS:
Wedding dress, 1859. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80036258 Panniers, 1760-70. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80077352?rpp=20&pg=2&ft=underwear&when=A.D.+1600-1800&pos=30
Court dress, ca. 1750. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82426
(NOTE: the following objects labelled ‘corset’ are done so by the museum but, unless otherwise noted, are technically stays, NOT corsets. Disregard the attributed dates on these as well, as these are estimates and are not necessarily correct.)
Corset, early 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80013058?rpp=60&pg=1&ft=corset&when=A.D.+1600-1800&img=1
Corset*, 1891. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82433 (*This one IS a corset, being from the later 19th century.)
Corset, third quarter 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80006747
Corset, first quarter 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157987 Corset, 1740-60. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158256
‘Short-bodied gowns, a Neo-Classical trend in women’s clothing styles (1794)’ by James Gillray, 1794. Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1796-short-bodied-gillray-fashion-caricature.jpg
Woman’s Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française), c. 1775. LACMA https://collections.lacma.org/node/214625 François de Jullienne (1722–1754) and His Wife (Marie Élisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724–1795), 1743. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/441183
Dress, second half 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86977?img=1
Robe à la Française, 1730-50. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80008648?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20121215&ft=%2A&deptids=8%7C62&when=A.D.+1600-1800&pos=2
Dress, 1750-75. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80002816?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=costume%2C+women%2C+dress&when=A.D.+1600-1800&where=Europe&what=Costume&pos=31
Dress, ca. 1760. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/79220
1900-1902, Plate 020. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11207/rec/20
1900-1902, Plate 021. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11208/rec/21
1900-1902, Plate 024. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11211/rec/24
1900-1902, Plate 049. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11236/rec/49
1900-1902, Plate 048. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11235/rec/48
1900-1902, Plate 050. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11237/rec/50
1900-1902, Plate 044. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11231/rec/44
Robe à l’Anglaise, 1740-60. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159511?=&imgno=3&tabname=label
Portrait of a Lady, 1764. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/17447
Dress ca. 1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82633?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1800-1900&what=Costume&ft=dress+19th+c&offset=80&rpp=80&pos=81
Robe à l’Anglaise, 1784-87, The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83878?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1600-1800&what=Costume&ft=dress+19th+c&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=69
A Young Lady Aged 21, possibly a portrait of Helena von Snakenborg, circa 1569. Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena,_Marchioness_of_Northampton#/media/File:British_School_16th_century_-_A_Young_Lady_Aged_21,_Possibly_Helena_Snakenborg_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Bonnet, 1860s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/113103
Cap, ca. 1863. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/110178?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1800-1900&what=Costume&ft=cap&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=35
1867-1872, Plate 003. The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/9327/rec/3
Highland Chieftan Lord Mungo Murray wearing belted plaid, around 1680. Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_kilt#/media/File:John_Michael_Wright_-_Lord_Mungo_Murray_(Am_Morair_Mungo_Moireach),_1668_-_1700._Son_of_1st_Marquess_of_Atholl_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg