Hourglass corset from around 1880. It features a busk fastening at the front and lacing at the back.Woman having her corset laced tight, from an 1899 stereoscope card. Original caption:  Reducing the Surplus. "Now, Pull Hard!" A small waist between a full bust and ample hips, such is the shibboleth of fashion, and the poor girl that relies on her figure to make a good impression, is sorely put to it, if nature has denied her the shape of a wasp or if she has not learned to rely on physical exercise to model her frame. A vigorous walk of ten miles a day, supplemented by ten minutes of lung gymnastics, would do wonders for her.A woman putting a corset on. She is wearing a chemise underneath, and the corset has bosom pads.Woman in a corset
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Corsets, Girdles

A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or orthopaedic purposes (either for the duration of wearing it, or with a more lasting effect). more...

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Both men and women have worn – and still wear – corsets.

Uses

The most common use of corsets is to slim the body and make it conform to a fashionable silhouette. For women this most frequently emphasises a curvy figure, by reducing the waist, and thereby exaggerating the bust and hips. However, in some periods, corsets have been worn to achieve a tubular straight-up-and-down shape, which involves minimising the bust and hips.

For men, corsets are more customarily used to slim the figure. However, there was a period from around 1820 to 1835 when an hourglass figure (a small, nipped-in look to the waist) was also desirable for men; this was sometimes achieved by wearing a corset.

An overbust corset encloses the torso, extending from just under the arms to the hips. An underbust corset begins just under the breasts and extends down to the hips. Some corsets extend over the hips and, in very rare instances, reach the knees. A shorter kind of corset, which covers the waist area (from low on the ribs to just above the hips), is called a 'waist cincher'. A corset may also include garters to hold up stockings (alternatively a separate garter belt may be worn for that).

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1954 Flexees Figurama Girdle & Bra ad Lady in stockings $2.50 1949 Nemo Adjustable Waist Corset ad $2.00
Vintage Bestform panty girdle high waist M $15.99 1930s Vintage Brazierre Corset Type Top New Neverworn $24.95
1946-48 Gossard Corset (2 ads with Lovely Ladies) $2.50 Vintage Camp Fan Lacing Corset Girdle Garters $99.99
1940's Pink Lace Up Gossard Corset w/Stays W -29 $19.95 Vintage Open Bottom Girdle Spiral Boned Figure Builder $89.99
Vintage Munter's Nulife Health belt corset / girdles $98.00 1960's Tummy Slim sexy girdle garter corset lingerie ad $6.99
Nwt Vtg Girdle Garters RuBbeR Lingerie OpeN BoTtoM $62.39 1948 Et Corset and Bra (Great Lady on French ad) $2.50
Lot Of 3 Vintage Corsets Girdles Rengo Nr! $10.99 Nos Vintage 40s Pink Snap Crotch Panty Garter Girdle! S $9.99
1930s Vintage Pink Silk Brocade Corset Lingerie Floral $75.00 1943-46 Spencer Corset (2 ads with Lovely Ladies) $2.95
Charis,Girdles,Corsets & Bras,Catalog & Size Gauge,1943 $9.99 1946 Lovable Brassiere ad $6.00
1946 Nemo "Sensation" Girdle ad $2.50 40s Vintage Real-Form Girdles of Grace Peach Girdle $9.50
Vtg 30s/40s Ladies Peach Girdle Laces Stocking Garters $9.99 1943 Pacific Woolens ad (Young Lady with great Dog) $2.95
Vintage Corset by Spencer Tight Lacer $69.99 Bullet Bra and Girdle Pin handmade by Diy indie Artist $21.00
Vtg Charis 30s/40s Peach Corset Girdle All-In-One M/L $32.03 1939 & 1945 Lelong of Paris Silhouette Corset (2 ads) $2.50
1934 & 1948 Munsingwear "Foundettes" Corset (2 ads) $2.50 Vintage Sears Charmode Gale Pink Lace up Corset Sz L Nr $9.99
Vtg Nwt Vanity Fair Girdle Garters Open Bottom Lingerie $55.39 Vintage Corset/Girdle Charmode Tight Lacer Style 223 $49.99
Vintage Corset Open Bottom Girdle Garter Belt Xl $9.99 1930s Vintage Corset Lingerie Pink Silk Brocade 36 $65.00
1943 & 1947 Rengo-Belts Corset (2 ads) $2.00 1936 Nu-Back Corsets (Two lovely Ladies on 2 French ads $2.95
1955 Eleven Models of Girdles sold at Saks of New York $2.50 Metal Straps Vtg Corset Lingerie 38 Girdle Yellow Open $35.00
1939-41 Nature's Rival Le Gant Corsets (Two French ads) $2.95 1938 Talon Corset ad (3 models) $2.50
1934-39 Nu-Back Telescopic Corsets (Two French ads) $2.50 Fancy Nwt Vtg 30s 40s Pink Girdle Corset All In One 38 $39.00
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