Bodies or Stays? Underwear or Outerwear? Seventeenth-century

What should we call the torso-shaping female foundation garments of the seventeenth century? Were they pairs of bodies? Bodices? Stays? Moreover, how were they worn? Were they underwear or were the outer wear? This post clears the air about terminology!

History of Stays 1740-1780

The Writer's Guide to the History of Corsets & Other Boned

17th century – Sarah A. Bendall

Bodies and Stays – Page 2 – Sarah A. Bendall

Bodies or Stays? Underwear or Outerwear? Seventeenth-century

Women's Underwear in the Seventeenth Century Explained – Sarah A

Bodices and Waistcoats — Properly Dressed

Did Seventeenth-Century English Women Wear Drawers? – Sarah A. Bendall

17th Century baroque Stays or Pair of Bodies Pattern