Convalescing support

A glass slide illustration of the Berlei-Camp convalescing support 2703. A woman is wearing the garment. The glass slide is hand-coloured.
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Title:
Convalescing support
NFSA ID
760234
Year
1927
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'Berlei-Camp Convalescing Support 2703 for Post-operative Wear'. The Berlei-Camp range was from the mid-to-late 1920s at around the time when Berlei was performing the studies that would lead to the creation of five figure types that revolutionised their corsetry.

The design has strong echoes of art deco angles. The woman's hair is shorter which became a fashionable style for women in the 1920s.

Notes by Beth Taylor