The History of the Waistcoat Part 2
Interestingly, it was thought for some time that the
name “waistcoat” was derived
from waste. The fact that garment
was originally made from excess material that would otherwise have gone to
‘waste’. This, however, was nonsense.
Originally, during the 17th and 18th centuries, the fashion in
waistcoat was for highly
ornate items in bright colours, but this gradually gave way to a much more
informal and even puritanical style in the late 1700s and into the 19th century.
Partly this was due to the international influence of the distinctly
anti-aristocratic French Revolution in 1789.
From 1810, waistcoats became shorter still and a much
tighter fit, eventually almost doubling as an
undergarment. Increasingly
waistcoats were being used cosmetically to streamline the fuller figure.
When the corset became popular in the 1820s, waistcoats served to emphasize the
fashion for the pinched waist. They often featured whalebone stiffeners of their
own, as well as laces at the back and reinforced buttons at the front.
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