High waisted fashions in 14th century Italy

[frualeydis]

I've written a long blog post (or at least image heavy) on high waisted fashions of the late 13th century and the first half of the 14th century in Italy. I have also reached the conclusion that some of them actually must have very high waist seams. it doesn't fit with anything I have learned this far, but I can't explain away images like this.




Blog post.

Comments

Oh I like that hypothesis

[kareina.livejournal.com]

My first thought when I saw this image is that it looks extraordinarily uncomfortable (I need my breasts supported by pushing up, not down, and these look like the push down). But if it is just an extra layer tied on top of everything perhaps it isn't as uncomfortable as I imagine.