Corset curiosities

Corsets must rank with foot-binding in “not made by or for women” fashion history. But the search for wasp waists and swan-curve backs did call up the ingenuity of Victorian engineers – and some benighted attempts to make these armatures more healthy – or less devastating. Consider: “Electric corsets” of the late 1870’s claimed to…

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Under Bust 'Vintage' Corset - Gallery 58

The S-curve Such Eternal Delight

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The S-curve Such Eternal Delight

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Under Bust 'Vintage' Corset - Gallery 58

Fashion

curiosities Archives - Joya Life

curiosities Archives - Joya Life

curiosities Archives - Joya Life

Fashion

Handcrafted Sunset Peach Victorian Overbust Corset Exterior Boning German Faux Whalebone by La Belle Fairy Corsets in Canada

REAL whale bone corset

Design is fine. History is mine. — Marie Grochovska, Corset, 1880s. Whalebone and two

Pink Silk Satin Edged Whalebone Corset with Black Lace and Pink

Warner's Whalebone Hip608 - Drawing. Public domain image. - PICRYL