Bodice

A bodice () is an article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist.

Further reading
Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women 1560-1620, Macmillan, 1985. ()
Steele, Valerie: The Corset: A Cultural History, Yale University Press, 2001.

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