Elizabethan Effigy Stays - Choose your Fabric - Made to your measurements Fabric by the Yard ** This listing is for

** This listing is for stays that were caught in weather during a show

are not meant for tight lacing

That is a body shaping which came about several centuries later

then placed in a Tyvek envelope for shipping

and anything made from it can be bleached without the thread losing color

Elizabethan Effigy Stays - Choose your Fabric - Made to your measurements Fabric by the Yard ** This listing is forDesign These stays are based on the pair on Queen Elizabeth I's effigy from Westminster Abbey. They keep the original shape and style, but are updated with sturdier materials available in the modern era. They are fully boned with a mix of spring steel and half round reed, to give them a beautiful texture. The bones and reed under the arms are shortened and secured, as in the original stays, to keep them from binding uncomfortably. The stays are