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The bones are covered with matching satin ribbon and peach machine-made lace applied to the top and bottom. Its length would cover waist to hip. The front panel is composed of interlaced satin ribbons. The back has peach silk laces for adjustment. There are full-length bones at the sides of the front and back panel and an additional set at the back of the hips. The side ribbons do not contain bones nor is there any sign that these have been removed. These are adjustable elastic. 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The vogue for dancing continued up to and during the First World War, and succeeded where decades of dress reformers had failed by popularising a reinvented corset style that was less restrictive and more flexible. The front panel of latticed silk satin ribbon allows for up-down movement, while retaining tension across its width to deliver both flexibility and a flat stomach.\r\n\r\n'Tango' corset\r\nFrance (for Debenham & Freebody, London), about 1914\r\nCotton, silk satin ribbon, machine lace and metal\r\nWorn and given by Heather Firbank\r\nV&A: T.64-1966 ","date":{"text":"2014-2015","earliest":"2014-01-01","latest":"2015-12-31"}},{"text":"A 'Tango' corset\r\n\r\nThe tango was introduced to Europe and North America from Argentina. By 1913 it had inspired a craze for dancing. \r\n\r\nCorsets were now designed to control the waist, stomach and hips. This ribbon corset has bones in the back and on either side of of the front panel. 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