Bodice

n.	1.	A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.
	2.	A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Her bodice half way she unlaced. - Prior.

Noun

1.

bodice - part of a dress above the waist

dress, frock, plastron, top