Rigid bones keep Victorian dresses in place.
S.L. shop specializes in white linens. Helen Whittman knows more about bones than an orthopedic surgeon, but her bone collection lies outside the body. She collects Victorian costumes that hold their shape with a series of constricting bodice, waist and hip bones. And that bodice layer covers a corset filled with bones. With a costume like this, a woman couldn't even lift her arms.