{"id":9252231053,"title":"Casting Off The Corsets","handle":"casting-off-the-corsets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis history of underwear is filled with a pageant of garments that are unhygienic, erotic, uncomfortable, mind bogglingly impractical, and frequently just plain funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAmong them are heavy duty corsets, liberty bodices, voluminous knickers and knitted bathing costumes, which sagged alarmingly when wet! The wonderful photographs and illustrations in the book include a pair of Queen Victoria's vast drawers, with full Royal monogram. She was given to passing them on to ladies in waiting who had given special service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBefore brassieres, a full bosom was kept in place by a pair of stays. These were useful as a deep and generous décolletage could conceal a handkerchief, purse or even a letter. King Louis XIII once used a pair of sugar tongs to retrieve a letter he wished to read from just such a hiding place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePocket size (softcover) 64 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAuthor: Dulcie Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN 9781846742675\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-03-05T15:00:00+00:00","created_at":"2017-03-05T15:04:35+00:00","vendor":"Countryside Books","type":"Books","tags":["Dulcie Lewis"],"price":495,"price_min":495,"price_max":495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":33531379085,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Casting Off The Corsets","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":495,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":-1,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781846742675","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Corsets_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1514568002"],"featured_image":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Corsets_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1514568002","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Casting of the Corsets book cover. The history of underwear. ","id":276619133059,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":709,"width":500,"src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Corsets_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1514568002"},"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":709,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Corsets_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1514568002","width":500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis history of underwear is filled with a pageant of garments that are unhygienic, erotic, uncomfortable, mind bogglingly impractical, and frequently just plain funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAmong them are heavy duty corsets, liberty bodices, voluminous knickers and knitted bathing costumes, which sagged alarmingly when wet! The wonderful photographs and illustrations in the book include a pair of Queen Victoria's vast drawers, with full Royal monogram. She was given to passing them on to ladies in waiting who had given special service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBefore brassieres, a full bosom was kept in place by a pair of stays. These were useful as a deep and generous décolletage could conceal a handkerchief, purse or even a letter. King Louis XIII once used a pair of sugar tongs to retrieve a letter he wished to read from just such a hiding place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePocket size (softcover) 64 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAuthor: Dulcie Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN 9781846742675\u003c\/p\u003e"}