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"A cutting wind, or the fatal effects of tight-lacing", a satirical cartoon from around 1820 Advertisement of corsets for children, 1886 American women active in the anti-slavery and temperance movements , with experience in public speaking and political agitation, advocated for and wore sensible clothing that would not restrict their movement ...
By this means 'tight-lacing' will be abolished, for no tight-lacing or compression is required, and the child, being accustomed to the stays from an early age, does not experience any of the inconveniences which are sometimes felt by those who do not adopt them till twelve or fourteen. Another letter, in the Boston Globe, [25] is similar:
The new practice of tight-lacing instigated widespread controversy. Dress reformists claimed that the corset was prompted by vanity and foolishness, and harmful to health. The reported health risks included damaged and rearranged internal organs, compromised fertility; weakness and general depletion of health.
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The mid-19th century brought more complex corsets (no longer called stays) and tighter lacing, which required more boning to create the desired shape. The modern split busk was popular, as it allowed corsets to easily open in the front. Steel and baleen (whalebone) [3] were the dominant materials for boning and were occasionally used together ...
Extreme tight lacing (15–18 in or 38–46 cm) was a fad during the late 1870s and 1880s, lasting until around 1887. [3] [4] Health effects.
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.
Pipe-stem waist. A pipe-stem waist is a silhouette given by wearing a certain kind of corset.The corset is designed so that the circumference of the waist is compressed for a distance above the natural waistline.