Well. #Bridgerton
has already started off on the wrong foot with the underpinnings.

Comments from the opening scene.
1) I did appreciate the absence of metal grommets. Grommets weren’t invented until about 15 years later, and those, my friends, are what allowed tightlacing, which grinds me to my second point...
1) I did appreciate the absence of metal grommets. Grommets weren’t invented until about 15 years later, and those, my friends, are what allowed tightlacing, which grinds me to my second point...
2) Why in the world is her Mom talking about achieving the waist of an orange when that literally would not be possible at this time? Please tell me, how are you getting a tiny waist from this? (This era is corsetry is my least favorite, btw).
Photo: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158143
Photo: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158143
Ugh. Typos. I’m leaving these tweets up though.
I think I broke the thread so just adding the next tweet here too: https://twitter.com/lingerie_addict/status/1342677993353834497