whalebones
Victorian bodice supports
Whalebones are the flexible, horn-like plates that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales, used to filter food from seawater.
Before plastic, whalebone was prized for products requiring strength and flexibility—corset stays, umbrella ribs, buggy whips.
The material is actually keratin, not bone: a whalebone corset.
Removing skeletal structure
- staysRemains in place
- bodiceFitted upper garment
- VictorianOf a prim era
- tightlacingExtreme corset wearing practice
hourglass · silhouette · bustier · girdle · cincher · foundation · undergarment · shapewear
boning
Removing skeletal structure
tightlacing · hourglass · silhouette · bustier · girdle · cincher · foundation · undergarment · shapewear · dressmaking
filter-feeding
Trapping particles from water
fluke · breach · spout · pod · humpback · bowhead · minke · migrate · ocean · maritime
carving
Shaping by cutting away
nautical · sailor · whaling · handicraft · folk art · maritime · Nantucket · harpoon · decorative · artifact
whalebonesnylon
Synthetic textile polymer
fiberglass · carbon fiber · polyester · cotton · silicone
whalebonesunstructured
Lacking imposed order
free-flowing · unconstructed · unboned · stretch fabric · elastic