Children's Bust Improver, ca. 1900 antiker_Umhang underscoring the personal connection to

underscoring the personal connection to Kaiser Wilhelm II

adding to the ensemble’s authenticity and charm

Cape from the 1870s

Chest: ~ 79 cm

Slight discolouration and some tiny marks

Children's Bust Improver, ca. 1900 antiker_Umhang underscoring the personal connection toAt the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, women's fashion underwent dramatic changes. The ideal silhouette shifted from the hourglass shape of the Victorian era to the Edwardian "S curve": a silhouette with a strongly defined bust. Women's underwear increasingly included items that explicitly shaped the bust. This applied not only to women's fashion, but also to children's fashion, as this rare garment demonstrates. Very well preserved. Very rare to