Size 34-35 Front & Back Lacing Stays Pattern
$28.00
Pattern by: Larkin and Smith
Made in the USA.
This pattern includes fully illustrated directions to make an authentic & well fitting pair of stays. The stays are worn with a stomacher & the lacing crossed back & forth in the front & spiral bound in the back. Pattern includes two sizes & a documentation card with images of the original stays. Have your bust measure taken while wearing a well fitting bra. In The Virginia Gazette of 1774 “Run away . . . a Welsh woman . . . had on, and took with her . . . an old pair of green coloured stays” as cited in Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls.
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