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Deluxe Maternity Belt – NSL – 5512

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Deluxe Maternity Belt – NSL – 5512

5,000.00

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5512 DELUXE MATERNITY BELT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maternity Belt

Dresses did not follow a wearer’s body shape until the Middle Ages. When western European dresses began to have seams, affluent pregnant women opened the seams to allow for growth. During the Baroque period (roughly 1600’s through the 1700’s) the Adrienne, a waistless pregnancy gown with many folds, was popular. At that time women wore men’s waistcoats. Some styles had laced vents in the back that allowed the wearer to adjust the girth of the coat as needed.[1] From the 1790s through the early 1820s a style well-suited for pregnancy, the Empire waist, was popular. The Empire, a style which has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust and a loosely gathered skirt, was made popular by Napoleon’s first wife Empress Joséphine. Bibs could be added to permit breastfeeding. The 1960s saw a revival of the Empire waistline which lasted for a few years as a general fashion, but remained popular for many years as pregnancy wear.[1]

Victorian era[edit]

The Victorian era roughly covers the years of Queen Victoria’s reign to her death in 1901. Women spent a lot of time in the state of pregnancy, giving birth to an average of eight children with five making it through infancy.[2] Queen Victoria herself had nine. Pregnancy was considered a private matter not to be discussed in “polite” conversation. A garment called a “wrapper” worn by women at home before they dressed for the day was well-suited for pregnancy as well since it wrapped around and could be worn loosely or more form-fitting as needed. At that time women were used to wearing corsets and maternity corsets with laces for adjustment were available.[3][4]

1900 to present[edit]

The first commercial ready-to-wear clothing for pregnant women was sold in the US by Lane Bryant, which opened in 1904.[4] Lane Bryant offered shirtwaists with an adjustable drawstring waist, and dresses with an adjustable wrap-around front.[4] ‘

The next competitor, Page Boy, offered a patented skirt in 1937.[4] By the 30’s wrap-around skirts with a series of buttons were available, but the new Page Boy skirt was constructed with a window over the area of the expanding abdomen. In later years when stretch fabric became available it was used to fill in the window. Their clothing, usually a slim skirt with a wide smock top, became fashionable during the 1950s, when celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor wore their clothes.[4]

Slacks with adjustable waists became widely available in the 1950s. An Aldenscatalog from 1952 shows a pedal pusher and matching blouse outfit priced at $5.98.[5]Designer blue jeans became available in the ’80s.[4]

Further developments in maternity clothing styles have meant that many maternity tops are also made to enable discreet nursing, extending the usable life of maternity clothes beyond just the period whilst pregnant.

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