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…

The S-curve Such Eternal Delight

The S-curve Such Eternal Delight

Vintage Medical Corset - UK

Curiosities - City of Corsets

Corset curiosities

Vintage Medical Corset - UK

Fashion

The S-curve Such Eternal Delight

Fashion