Bustle - wikipedia Bustle For other uses, see Bustle ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2011 ) Bustle, lady 's undergarment, England, c. 1885. Los Angeles County Museum of Art M. 2007.211. 399 A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman 's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to - late 19th century. The bustle in its creation owes much respect to the late Saartjie Baartman for the planting of the vision of this design. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging. Heavy fabric tended to pull the back of a skirt down and flatten it. Thus, a woman 's petticoated or crinolined skirt would lose its shape during everyday wear ( from merely sitting down or moving about ). The word `` bustle '' has become synonymous with the fashion to which the bustle was integral. Contents 1 History 1.1 Transition from crinoline ( 1867 -- 1872 ) 1.2 Early bustle ( 1869 -- 1876 ) 1.3 Late bustle ( 1881 -- 1889 ) 1.4 1889 -- 1913 2 Fashion 3 Other usage 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History Transition from crinoline ( 1867 -- 1872 ) A US patent illustration of a concept crinoline / bustle. 1867 As the fashion for crinolines wore on, their shape changed. Instead of the large bell - like silhouette previously in vogue, they began to flatten out at the front and sides, creating more fullness at the back of the skirts. One type of crinoline, the crinolette, created a shape very similar to the one produced by a bustle. The excess skirt fabric created by this alteration in shape was looped around to the back, again creating increased fullness Early bustle ( 1869 -- 1876 ) The bustle later developed into a feature of fashion on its own after the overskirt of the late 1860s was draped up toward the back and some kind of support was needed for the new draped shape. Fullness of some sort was still considered necessary to make the waist look smaller and the bustle eventually replaced the crinoline completely. The bustle was worn in different shapes for most of the 1870s and 1880s, with a short period of non-bustled, flat - backed dresses from 1878 to 1882. In the early stages of the fashion for the bustle, the fullness to the back of the skirts was carried quite low and often fanned out to create a train. The transition from the voluminous crinoline enhanced skirts of the 1850s and 1860s can be seen in the loops and gathers of fabric and trimmings worn during this period. The bustle later evolved into a much more pronounced humped shape on the back of the skirt immediately below the waist, with the fabric of the skirts falling quite sharply to the floor, changing the shape of the silhouette. Late bustle ( 1881 -- 1889 ) English bustle supports worn as undergarments, from 1875 to 1885. Woman wearing a dress with a bustle, USA, about 1890 The bustle reappeared in late 1881, and was exaggerated to become a major fashion feature in the mid and late 1880s, in 1885 reaching preposterous proportions to modern eyes, as used in the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. The fashion for large bustles ended in 1889. 1889 -- 1913 The bustle then survived into the 1890s and early 20th century as a skirt support was still needed and the stylish shape dictated a curve in the back of the skirt to balance the curve of the bust in front. The bustle had completely disappeared by 1905, as the long corset of the early 20th century was now successful in shaping the body to protrude behind. Fashion Bustles and bustle gowns are rarely worn in contemporary society. Notable exceptions occur in the realm of haute couture, bridal fashion and Lolita Fashion. A dress in the bustle style may be worn as a costume. For example, in 1993 Eiko Ishioka won an Academy Award for her costume designs from Bram Stoker 's Dracula. The film features several extravagant bustle gowns created for female leads Winona Ryder and Sadie Frost. ( though the film states it is 1897, a time when the large bustles depicted would have disappeared years ago. Films like `` The Bostonians '', `` Topsy Turvy '' or `` Age of Innocence '' depict a more realistic fashion ) Other usage ' Bustle ' was also the term used for an additional external space at the rear a tank 's turret used for storing extra equipment, a notable usage being the added box at the rear of the turret on the Sherman Firefly variant. Its positioning on the vehicle resembling the similar placement of the bustle as used on the dress item. In sailboat design, a ' bustle ' stern refers to any kind of stern that has a large `` bustle '' or blister at the waterline below the stern to prevent the stern from `` squatting '' when getting underway, or to a similar shape produced by the IOR measuring system in the late ' 70, ' 80 and early ' 90s. Gallery The crinolette Bustle apparatus ( 1881 ) Bustle dress from 1870 Mid-1880s fashion plate A criticism of the bustle fashion Satirical image comparing the look of a woman wearing a bustle to that of a snail wearing a dress Caricature of Charles Darwin contemplating a bustle as a curiosity of natural history, from Fun, 16th Nov, 1872 See also 1870s in fashion 1880s in fashion Corset Crinoline Victorian fashion References Jump up ^ ( PDF ) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne_Mason6/publication/269828933_The_Saartjie_Baartman%27s_Body_Shape_versus_the_Victorian_Dress_The_Untold_African_Treasures/links/578e3c1608ae35e97c3f6831/The-Saartjie-Baartmans-Body-Shape-versus-the-Victorian-Dress-The-Untold-African-Treasures.pdf. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ https://mic.com/articles/131729/who-is-saartjie-baartman-the-truth-behind-the-woman-who-inspired-beyonc-s-rumored-movie#.yu9WAzig7. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2834564/The-19th-Century-Kim-Hottentot-Venus-s-big-bottom-sparked-global-scandal-200-years-certain-Miss-Kardashian.html. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/patterns/1873bustleinfo.html Jump up ^ Punch ; December 6 ; 1881 Jump up ^ Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh, 1990, p. 127ff Jump up ^ Irving., Chapelle, Howard ( 1994 ). Yacht designing and planning. New York : Norton. pp. 80 -- 81. ISBN 0393037568. OCLC 33814063. 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Question: when did the bustle go out of style
Answer: completely disappeared by 1905