This short article is well written and a good read on the social implications of Stays in 18th Century fashion in England. A Stay was a garment was worn by women under there dresses. It's job was to support the bust and cover it but also give it some "perk." This simple garment had practical uses, but as can be found here, very deep social implications and connotations. Everything from class, wealth, morals, honor und physical health, or the lack there of, of all these things. For example, a woman without a Stay was seen as loose. In this garment one can find profound insight into the ideas of femininity, from women themselves and from men.
The link underneath will lead to the article: http://18centurybodies.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/stays-in-eighteenth-century-britain/
A picture of a Stay
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