When in the mid 1870’s the crinoline with its silhouette of the teeny waist

and huge skirts was replaced by the first bustles or “tournures” (“turning bustles” – softer versions of full padding over the rear end) and the ideal silhouette became a long, molded sensually curvaceous figure down the legs and hips.

(Cartoon showing 1870’s full back draping becoming the 1880’s large bustle fashion)