I don't claim to be an expert on the period, I've only made a couple of outfits from it.
It's not the hook that makes the front dip down like in your image.
The straight front corset of the period (if it's a "true" s-bend) will tip the pelvis back more and the chest out, dropping the waist down further at the front. Note the image below...
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I've even read that many women exaggerated this stance as well to really achieve the "look"
The other key to all of this is the pidgeon front blouse. There's a ruffled corset cover worn over the corset, then the blouse over that is longer in the front in the back, further giving that illusion. A belt that dips down in the front too will help.
Happy to be corrected... Not really my era, I tend to play in the century before! :D
It's not the hook that makes the front dip down like in your image.
The straight front corset of the period (if it's a "true" s-bend) will tip the pelvis back more and the chest out, dropping the waist down further at the front. Note the image below...
and
I've even read that many women exaggerated this stance as well to really achieve the "look"
The other key to all of this is the pidgeon front blouse. There's a ruffled corset cover worn over the corset, then the blouse over that is longer in the front in the back, further giving that illusion. A belt that dips down in the front too will help.
Happy to be corrected... Not really my era, I tend to play in the century before! :D
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Do you know anything about how the petticoat hook worked though? Just to keep the petticoat from riding up?
Sadly I can't use a belt to help the illusion, the character doesn't wear one.
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