The Maternity Corset
Maternity Corset
Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
Women wore special maternity corsets while pregnant. Women who had worn corsets since childhood or adolescence probably had weaker abdominal muscles and might have benefited from proper support, but maternity corsets were not specially designed for support. Instead, the corsets were designed to mask, even minimize, the size of the pregnant body.
Further Information
- Children's Corsets
- 1880s Maternity Corset (and more dated pieces at Past Perfect Vintage Clothing)
- End Of An Era - Corsets and Crinolines
- Maternity Girdle, 1935
