by Catherine | Jun 10, 2016 | History, Personalised garters
Hidden beneath her lavish pannier skirts, were the the finest silk stockings…held up, just above the knee by tantalising, beribboned messages of love…. With her sumptuous lifestyle and much publicised extravagances, Marie Antoinette will always be a romantic figure,...
by Catherine | Jun 10, 2016 | History, Vintage garters
This is an unusual pair of French Edwardian silk garters C1910 possibly earlier… Elastic would have been fairly new and in this photo you can see the flat elastic just showing proud of the stitched ribbon (at the black wood of the mannequin’s neck) Looking at the back...