The Fashion Museum has an exceptional corset ... This corset dates from the end of the 18th century, around about the 1780s. It was probably made by a professional staymaker.

The 18th century examples were often domestic, with highly decorative interiors, seen at Strawberry Hill, making the style fashionable. By the early 1800s though, scholarship on medieval Gothic was ...

This includes a principal apartment (not just a suite, of course) alongside an 18th century-style boudoir, a bespoke dressing room and a Gothic-style bedroom. If you can navigate the chateau’s ...