Dressing 18th Century Underpinnings - the BIG Question!

Stays OVER petticoat or petticoat OVER stays?
It's the BIG question.
In this video we discuss the 18th C images that support how ladies dressed with their many layers of undergarments. Trying out the different methods found, we take a look at these layers on the mannequin and the issues that crop up with dressing.
Aimed to help wearers create an accurate 18th C fashionable silhoeutte when dressing, this video looks into the Pros and Cons of each method and breaks down how to recreate the 18th Century look.
Images used are as follows and are in the order they appear in the video:
- la Toilette by Badouin - 1771
- A Little Tighter by Rowlandson - 1791
- l'Essai du Corset by Dennel - 1788
- Unknown Engraving
- Fashion Before Ease by Collet - 1777-78
- Tight lacing - 1777
- Fashion Before Ease by Gilray - 1793
- Museum of London Doll - Used by kind permission - 1745-55
- Pleasing Circumference - 1784
- Four Times of The Day by Lancret - c.1739
- La Toilette by Lancret - c.1743
- English Dressing Room - after Chas - 1789
- Tight Lacing by Holland - 1782
- Unknown Ivory Stays - but suspect they are a pair from Manchester Costume Galleries.
- Replica pair of stays of 1947.1614
- Baroness Winterton by Ramsey - 1762
- Covent Garden by Angellis - 1726
- Careless Servant by Wheatley - c.1791-95
- Staymaker - 'Happy Marriage' by Hogarth - 1745
- Staymaker - unknown date and publisher.
Please feel free to message us with any other images you've found and your thoughts on the video. :)