When you think of a corset, you might imagine period drama dames sucking in as they cling onto a bedpost as a feisty lady’s maid aggressively laces them in. Netflix’s hot Regency-inspired drama ...

"Sometimes they come in a fitting for a fashion designer and they put a corset on me and I'm like, ‘Oh, you can go tight,'" she told the publication. "I think if you wear corsetry for long enough, ...

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I was never a big fan of history class in grade school, but something about historic art and fashion trends has always fascinated me. In second grade, I checked out the same 500-page art history book ...

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Celebrities such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and the Kardashians are turning to haute couture corsets, rather than weight-loss meds like Ozempic, to shave inches off of their ...

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.

Julie Lodato O’Day is passionate about Carnival. An avid parade watcher growing up in New Orleans, she joined a marching unit of a popular parading outfit as an adult and relished the opportunity to ...

The history of our obsession with tiny waists, from corsets to the Kardashians. This corset was designed around 1851 by Madame Roxy Caplin with minimal, flexible boning to achieve fashionable curves.

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Bridgerton corsets could be banned from the show, and the actors don’t seem sad about it. The series shows the marriage market during London’s Regency era. The characters were intricately costumed ...