Tightlacing
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Tightlacing is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure and posture or to experience the sensation of bodily restriction. The proces
An advertisement for corsets with waist sizes from 15 to 23 inches (38 to 58 cm)
"A cutting wind, or the fatal effects of tight-lacing", a satirical cartoon from around 1820
Corset
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A corset is a support garment worn to constrict the torso into the desired shape and posture. They are traditionally constructed out of fabric with boning made of whalebone or steel, a stiff panel in
Tightlacing
…Tightlacing (also called corset training) is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure and posture or to experience the sensation of bodily restriction. The process originates in mid-19th…
Pair of stays, c.1780s. Fashion Museum, Bath, England.
Humorous illustration of a variety of corset styles and designs published in La Vie Parisienne in 1881, including one for young girls (lower-left), one from the Regency era (upper-left), and one from the 18th century (upper-right). The caption in the gold frame reads: "The best thing is, without a doubt, not to wear a corset, but you have to be able to do without one, and that is, frankly, rare. One needs them, more or less (generally more than less); some corsets are beautiful, some are ugly and stupid."
Actress Bianca Lyons shows the exaggerated female curves achieved by corsets and padding, c. 1902
An award-winning advert from the back cover of the October 1898 Ladies' Home Journal