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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.

3. Tightlacing - Wikipedia

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   A bar chart of waist sizes achieved by London fashion models of 1896 over the course of six months of waist training. [12] Note that the "before" and "after" waist sizes are both corseted sizes. Every morning one of the maids used to come to assist us to dress, and a governess superintended, to see that our corsets were drawn as tight as possible.

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. 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.

6. Are corsets safe to wear? Here's what you need to know - AOL

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7. ‘The Gilded Age’ and ‘The Great’ Costume Designers Detail ...

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   Corsets were an essential undergarment for Victorian women, which lifted and supported the bosom, created a flat front and provided women a form-fitted figure. But they were notoriously restrictive.