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Aertex Albert Museum artificial back lacing bands became began body boned bosom brassière Britain broché busk bust bodice bustle buttoned cami-knickers camisole chemise clothing colours combinations corselette corset corsetry cotton crepe de Chine crinoline draped drawers dress early effect elaborate elastic Elizabethan embroidered fabrics factory farthingale fastening figure flannel flounces foundation garments foundationwear French frills front girdle girls hips hooped skirt hoops innovation introduced invented Jaeger knee-length knickers knitted ladies legs linen lingerie Lycra man-made fibres manufacture Market Harborough Marks & Spencer material natural nineteenth century nylon outer fashion outerwear pantee patent petticoat pink pleated produced quilted rayon ribbon round rubber satin sewing machine shape shoulder straps silk skirts sleeves slim sometimes staymaker stays steel step-in stiffened stitched style Symington tight-lacing trade trend tricot trimmed tunic two-way stretch underclothing undergarments underwear usually Victorian waist wear whalebone women wool woollen worn