![]() ![]() ![]() Although my book primarily analyses how bodies and farthingales shaped the lives of women in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, during my PhD I also began to examine the French context of these garments too. The vasquine apparently originated in Spain in the early sixteenth century, and quickly spread to Italy and France.” Īs many of you may already know, my book on early modern foundation garments, Shaping Femininity, is currently under contract with Bloomsbury (anticipated release is mid-2021). “The other precursor of the corset was the basquine or vasquine, a laced bodice to which was attached a hooped skirt or farthingale. In her 2001 book The Corset: A Cultural History Valerie Steele claimed that vasquines and basquines were early types of corsets: ![]()
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