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Known as the "corset controversy" or the "corset question", the controversy spilled over multiple publications, countries and decades. Of particular concern was the issue of tight lacing. The flow of articles and letters waxed and waned over time, reaching a crescendo in the late 1860s, which may be taken to be the peak of the frenzy.
It’s both an added layer of sexual innuendo, and a nod to the garment’s controversial, and sometimes barbaric, history — since many doctors at the time linked corset wearing with disease and ...
Fashion in the 1850s through the 1880s accented large crinolines, cumbersome bustles, and padded busts with tiny waists laced into 'steam-moulded corsetry'. [4] ' Tight-lacing' became part of the corset controversy: dress reformists claimed that the corset was prompted by vanity and foolishness, and harmful to health.
Corsets, meanwhile, were meant to shape the waist through moderate restriction AND a significant amount of padding in the bust and waist areas. The padding is really what created the illusion of the Victorian silhouette. Equating stays and corsets is like calling bell-bottom jeans and skinny jeans the same thing because they are "both jeans."
Anya Taylor-Joy Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Anya Taylor-Joy’s outfit from the Dune: Part Two premiere in New York City has fans talking. The 27-year-old actress hit the Sunday, February 25 ...
The series has previously started conversations and controversy about the body-shaping undergarment after star Simone Ashley told Glamour UK that she was in “a lot of pain” while wearing her ...
The corset controversy was also closely tied to notions of social Darwinism and eugenics. The potential damage to the uterus, ovaries, and fetus was frequently pointed to as a danger to the race; i.e., the European race. Western women were thought to be weaker and more prone to birth complications than the ostensibly more vigorous, healthier ...
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