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In fact, she says, one theory as to why corsets fell out of fashion initially had to do with the rise of dieting — while women used to control their waists with an external device, like a corset ...
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 ...
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Boarding schools for such young women incorporated corset training into their education, instructing students to sleep in corsets and achieve ever-smaller waistlines. [ 4 ] In the late years of the Victorian era , medical reports and rumors claimed that tightlacing was fatally detrimental to health (see Victorian dress reform ). [ 1 ]
The Bellifortis sketch (c. 1405) Sixteenth-century satirical German woodcut Excerpt from U.S. patent 995,600 by Jonas E. Heyser.. Gregory the Great, Alcuin of York, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Nicholas Gorranus all made passing references to "chastity belts" within their exhortatory and public discourses, but meant this in a figurative or metaphorical sense within their historical context.
It's time to jump on the corset train. The fashion trend's been happening for a bit, and if you've hesitated to jump on board, this is the story to read. Yes, We Should All Be Wearing Corsets Now ...
Concerned at the gynaeological effects of corsets on women, Gaches-Sarraute began pamphleteering on the subject in the 1890s. Her novel design of corset, introduced in her 1900 book, helped bring about a change in corset fashions in the early twentieth century.
The woman behind all those puffs and ruffles is costume designer Holly Waddington, who has worked on films like Lady Macbeth and the Hulu series The Great (created by Tony McNamara, who wrote Poor ...