What is Bodice?
[[Image:Bodice (PSF).jpg|thumb|Line art drawing of a bodice]] [[Image:Joseph Julien bodice.jpg|thumb|Countrywoman's bodice, 19th century (Detail of ''The Hay-Harvest'' by Belgian painter [[Julien Joseph]]).]] A '''bodice''' ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˈ|b|ɒ|d|ᵻ|s}}) is an article of [[clothing]] for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist. ==Further reading== *Arnold, Janet: ''Patterns of Fashion: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women 1560-1620'', Macmillan, 1985. ({{ISBN|0-89676-083-9}}) *Steele, Valerie: ''The Corset: A Cultural History'', Yale University Press, 2001. ==Other websites== *{{wiktionary-inline}} *{{commons category-inline|Bodices}} {{Historical clothing|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Tops (clothing)]] {{history-stub}} {{stub}}