Three little bustles

I created these bustle pads as examples for my students in my Victorian Underclothes class a couple weeks ago. The class time limits and budget did not allow for making wire bustles, but I wanted to give my students options to enhance their silhouette. The goal was to help them create something simply and quickly that could be used for Victorian-era skirt supports.

I've shown each in back and profile view alone and underneath one petticoat. First, here is my petticoat on the form with nothing underneath for comparison. Pretty flat butt, eh? Let's see what we can do about that.



( bustles! )