作为内衣技术创新的一个例子，这款胸罩由棉质覆盖的金属带和弹簧支架连接而成。与这种 19 世纪的"高科技"结构相结合的是蕾丝边棉板，它既是结构元素，也是装饰元素。到十九世纪末，私人穿着的服装本身就被当作奢侈品来实现。从未打算在白天使用的内衣以精美的手工缝制细节和昂贵的蕾丝装饰的形式受到越来越精致的关注。

An example of technological innovation as expressed in undergarments, this bustle is made of cotton-covered metal bands joined with a spring brace. In combination with this nineteenth-century "high-tech" structure is the lace-trimmed cotton panel, which serves as both structural and decorative element. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, privately worn garments were being realized as luxury objects in their own right. Underclothes never intended for the light of day were receiving increasingly elaborate attention in the form of fine hand-sewn details and expensive lace trims.