C. 1890 Theodora Corset Period Corsets old fashioned corset wedding dress Old Fashioned Dress Elizabethan era corset (Funnel corset) Elizabethan era corsets were structured corsets that were worn during the 16th century to shape the upper body into the fashionable conical silhouette of the time. You know A few days ago we had a Battle of the Bustles where I asked you if you could distinguish the bustle silhouettes of the 1870s and the 1880s from one another. Today,