No elegance without the Corset. Fashion of 1865. Short Waist and Train of 1867. Tight Corset and Short Waist. A form of French Corset. Proportions of Figure and Waist. The Point of the Waist. Older Writers on Stays. Denunciations against Small Waists and High Heels. Alarming Diseases through High Heels. Female Mortality. Corset Statistics. Modern and Ancient Corset Pages 189 to 201
Front-fastening Stays. Thomson's Corset. Stability of front-fastening Corset. De La Garde's Corset. Self-measurement. Viennese _Redresseur_ Corset. Flimsy Corsets. Proper Materials. "Minet Back" Corset. Elastic Corsets. Narrow Bands Injurious. The Corset properly applied produces a graceful figure. The Farthingale Reviewed. Thomson's Zephyrina Crinoline. Costume of the Present Season. The claims of Nature. Similitude between the Tahitian Girl and Venetian Lady Pages 202 to 224
7. ROMAN LADY OF RANK (REIGN OF HELIOGABALUS) 39
8. THE FIEND OF FASHION, FROM AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT 43
9. THE PRINCESS BLANCHE, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD III. 48
10. LADY OF RANK OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 51
11. LADY OF THE COURT OF QUEEN CATHERINE DE MEDICI 55
12. FULL COURT DRESS AS WORN IN FRANCE, 1515 58
13. LADIES OF FASHION IN THE COSTUME OF 1380 61
14. NORMAN HEADDRESS OF THE PRESENT DAY 64
15. LADY OF THE COURT OF CHARLES VIII., 1500 67
16. LADY OF THE COURT OF MAXIMILIAN OF GERMANY AND FRANCIS OF FRANCE 70
17. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE TIME OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI 71
18. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH (OPEN) 72
19. THE BERNAISE HEADDRESS, AND COSTUME OF MARIE STUART 74
20. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH (CLOSED) 76
21. HENRY III. OF FRANCE AND THE PRINCESS MARGARET OF LORRAINE 77
22. LADY OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 80
25. COURT DRESS DURING THE BOYHOOD OF LOUIS XIII. 93
27. FANCY COSTUMES OF THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV. 99
28. SIAMESE DRESS WORN AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. 102
29. YOUNG ENGLISH LADY OF FASHION, 1653 105
30. FANCY DRESS WORN IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XV. 108
33. LOW BODIES AND CURTAILED CRINOLINE 117
34. COURT DRESS OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XVI. 125
35. CLASSIC COSTUME OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD 128
41. THE CRINOLINE OF A SOUTH SEA ISLANDER 151
44. CORSET, FORMING BOTH CORSET AND STOMACHER (FRONT) 197