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Women's underwear worn on the torso (edit)
Structural, for waist: Corsets (with laces, bones, and busk) • Waist cinchers (very short corset) • Basque (non-shaping) •
Structural, for skirts: Bustles (lift at back, often pads) • Crinolines (reinforced petticoat or round hoop skirt) • Farthingales (hip padding or hoop skirt) • False rumps (cloth skirt supports stuffed with cork) •Panniers (lift at the sides) •
Petticoats (fabric underskirt adding volume)
Petticoats (fabric underskirt adding volume)
Structural, other: Sleeve plumpers (to lift puff sleeves) • Bosom pads (to make bosom larger)
Form-fitting: Basque (non-shaping, bust to waist) • Corselettes (one-piece combination of bra and girdle) • Torsolettes (corselette without a full girdle) • Girdles (lightly shaping hip garment with garters) • Girdle corsets (shaping hip garment with bones, busk, and laces)
Loose: Chemise (long, sleeved) • Full slip (long, sleeveless) • Half slip (skirt half of a slip) • Babydoll (top half of a slip) • Teddy (as babydoll, but closed at crotch)
Other: Chemisettes (neckline filling mimicking a blouse) • Bodystockings (thin form-fitting hose covering most of the body)