Cunnington in The Dictionary of Fashion History (2010) write: The term bustle was not used until c.1830: this is now a usual description for a device for thrusting out the skirt at the back of the waist. (34-35) Phyllis Tortora and Sandra Keiser in The Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion (2014) write: Pad, cushion, or arrangement of steel springs creating a rounded projection below the waist at the back of womans dress. (464) According to the Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (2004): Exaggeration of the feminine posterior has been a periodic theme in Western fashion for several hundred years
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