Corsets, crinolines and bustles: fashionable Victorian underwear V&A Navy Blue Chenille Corset Dress Renaissance Dress French Meadows Robe la Franaise. Culture: British. Date: ca. 1760. The chief characteristic of eighteenth century women's dress is the rigid encasement of the upper body by means of a corset that configures the Pre order] British style black corset jumper skirt and blouse RonRon Lark Rise: I design the costumes and corsets