Standing at attention like footmen, they show that the graceful, close-fitting bodice of the late 19th-century survived well into the 20th.

But a queen's dress with a close-fitting bodice that showed perhaps more cleavage than an Andoran queen would.

They dressed her in a close-fitting bodice of softest fleece, like a spun cloud against her olive complexion.

Her fashionable blue silk gown opened over a white brocade underskirt, with a close-fitting bodice that emphasized the magnificence of her figure, and d6colletage that would make any man dizzy.

The upper part of the body was covered by a fabric jacket or blouse, A close-fitting bodice fastened by hooks or laced at the front was worn in some regions.

It shows her full length, wearing a black dress with silver braid, and of course adorned with much valuable jewellery: gold necklaces and bracelets, and a large gold brooch on her close-fitting bodice.