Elizabethan bodies/stays uk size 12-14

Elizabethan bodies

  Late bodies based on the famous stays made for the effigy of Elizabeth I in 1603 ( 1603 - Westminster Abbey, London, bodies for an effigy of Queen Elizabeth I). Perfect for late Elizabethan and Jacobean styles – essential in creating the smooth, elongated, conical silhouette of the era.

 Features:

  *made in linen canvas and a densly woven linen/cotton damask ( there might be some other fibre content, seller wasn't sure), with a period correct pattern

 *Fully boned with reed – authentic, breathable and light! The reed adapts to your body and moves with it - making the stays very comfortable. Front reinforced with artificial whalebone boning as well - narrower plus one wider bone, as in original..

* linen lace  ( just long enough to close the stays - if you  want to wear them opened, you may need a longer tape/ ribbon etc.

*Handworked eyelets

*construction and boning channels done on a machine

 *edges bound in tape

 Mesurements -  chest closes at 35.5" (90cm),  waist closes at 29.5" (75cm), waist - armpit height - 7.5" (19cm)

Woudl suit best size 12, with natural body measurments  of chest - 37" to 39", waist 31" - 33"

 Can be worn laced shut or with a gap up to 2 " wide. here shown on size 12 with F bra cup - a tad too small in the bust!

 If you would like to order stays all handstitched, please  have a look at the Bespoke section and contact up for availibility!

 Bespoke made stays like these start from £450