Bustle dresses

Emma Engagement, blue, lace, flowers, bustle, 19th century

Dress, American, ca. 1885. Paisley wool print. Fashion History Museum, Ontario, via A Vintage Ramble

Blue Silk Bustle Dress, Early Bustle, with Embroidered Net Lace

Dress, British, ca. 1880. Two or three pieces (bodice, skirt, collar which may or may not be attached to bodice). Silk grosgrain figured with roses, trimmed with lace & satin ribbon. Asymmetrical skirt is unusual in a late bustle-style garment. Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum, Tokyo

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Bustle daytime dress: ullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to-late 19th century. ... Thus, a woman's petticoated or crinolined skirt would lose its shape during everyday wear (from merely sitting down or moving about).

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Victorian Steampunk Bustle Skirt - Amber Middaugh 2015

Circa 1874 Silk, Satin, and Taffeta Wedding Dress. Courtesy Of The Chicago History Museum.

1880s Hand Embroidered Silk / Velvet Bustle Dress - Victorian Antique | eBay

Two-piece dress, G & E Spitzer, Vienna, 1879. Purple silk damask with boned bodice, bustle, and train.