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  2. Corset controversy - Wikipedia

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    Women in 1870s gowns wearing corsets. The corset controversy was a moral panic and public health concern around corsets in the 19th century. Corsets, variously called a pair of bodys or stays, were worn by European women from the late 16th century onward, changing their form as fashions changed. In spite of radical change to fashion ...

  3. Tightlacing - Wikipedia

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    Many doctors helped to fit their patients with corsets to avoid the dangers of ill-fitting corsets, and some doctors even designed corsets themselves. Roxey Ann Caplin became a widely renowned corset maker, enlisting the help of her husband, a physician, to create corsets which she purported to be more respectful of human anatomy. [ 2 ]

  4. 'Bridgerton' is making corsets cool again. But are they safe ...

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    Bridgerton is back, and Season 3 leading lady Nicola Coughlan is setting the record straight about her waist. The 37-year-old actress, who plays Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix series ...

  5. Fainting room - Wikipedia

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    One theory for the predominance of fainting couches is that women were actually fainting because their corsets were laced too tightly, thus restricting blood flow. [2] [3] By preventing movement of the ribs, corsets restricted airflow to the lungs and, [citation needed] as a result, if the wearer exerted themselves to the point of needing large quantities of oxygen and was unable to fully ...

  6. Is Netflix Banning Corsets? The Drama Over Period Drama ...

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  7. Corset - Wikipedia

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    Corsets were an essential undergarment in European women's fashion from the 17th century to the early 20th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries they were commonly known as "stays" and had a more conical shape. This later evolved into the curvaceous 19th century form which is commonly associated with the corset today.

  8. Frances Fisher: 'Titanic' Corsets Were So Tight 'Nobody ... - AOL

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    Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane and More Read article For most of the film, Fisher, 70, Kate Winslet and other stars were dressed in corsets as the project was set in 1912 — a time ...

  9. History of corsets - Wikipedia

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    Woman's stays c. 1730–1740. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft-float patterning, stiffened with whalebone. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.63.24.5. [1]The corset is a supportive undergarment for women, dating, in Europe, back several centuries, evolving as fashion trends have changed and being known, depending on era and geography, as a pair of bodies, stays and corsets.