How Victorian Men Taught Us to Hate Corsets: The Biggest Lie in Fashion History
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Published 2020-03-28
The lady doing the push-ups and yoga: @dressed_in_time (www.instagram.com/dressed_in_time)
The lady pumping iron in a corset: @Abby Cox ( / @abbycox
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The tight-lacers:
• I Wear A Corset 20 Hours A day | HOOK...
• Mom of 3 with 18 Inch Waist Wears Cor...
• Man Loves His Wife's Tiny Waist | Str...
further reading/watching:
entry level article: www.bustle.com/p/the-history-of-corsets-is-more-co…
skeletal deformities: lucycorsetry.com/2015/10/05/corsets-skeletal-defor… (Lucy's site is an excellent source of reliable information on corsets)
www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/11/16/…
MRI scans in a corset: • MRI SCANS IN A CORSET: RESULTS | Lucy...
growing up in a corset: • I Grew Up in a Corset. Time to Bust S...
wearing a corset for a week: • I wore a corset for a week || (SPOILE...
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All Comments (21)
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sorry if this came off a little agressive! I'm just really tired of all the corset-shaming and misinformation. it seems that no matter how many videos I make on the topic, or how many times I try to suggest to people that they may be repeating a myth, it doesn't do much. I hope that history of corsetry gets more academic attention, especially from scholars involved in medicine! if you're working on corset history related research or project, please link it here in the comments!
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If you put on a corset, look in the mirror and say "corset" 3 times in a row, it will mysteriously tighten on its own and suffocate you.
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I wore a corset for a production and I was able to fight, sing, dance, get yeeted into the air, make out with someone and get brutality murdered. All in a corset.
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I'll personally never forget a woman I worked with at a renaissance faire who somehow, by some bizarre grace of god, jumped a fence in a corset, hoop skirt, and high heels with no problem. She still terrifies me
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“We like to feel superior over previous eras.” That is one phenomenal quote.
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These actresses just need to modify what they say: "I can't breathe because I was given a BADLY FITTED AND INCORRECTLY MADE corset"
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people tend to forget that most paintings have this amazing filter called "I pay you for that portrait"
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My wedding dress required a light type of corset underneath. Turns out many of them do. It wasn't bad at all. You know what was painful? The high heels.
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To be fair to all the actresses badmouthing corsets over the years, I don’t think they’re lying. After all costume designers very rarely give actresses stays or shifts to wear, they often just expect these ladies to wear corsets on bare skin, not to mention depending on the money in the production the actress might have to squeeze into a costume that isn’t fitted right at all, so with that in mind it doesn’t surprise me at all that a lot of actresses see them as unpleasant things to wear.
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In 100 years, movies portraying characters from our era: "The skinny jeans literally made me faint."
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"i mean, realistically, why would anyone want to live with a rodent in their hair if they could easily avoid it?" what if the rodent is helping you cook for a high-end restaurant and controlling all of your motions? ever think about that?
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You know what this reminds me of? People saying they can't move in historical armor. They often ignore the padding, are working in very hot conditions, and don't bother to train themselves to get used to the weight. That's why soldiers for 2000 years run with backpacks; it's how you get used to it. It's like breaking in a shoe; it's not going to feel right until you've gone for a few hours walking. Meanwhile there's videos of people doing flips in mail and handstands in plate.
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So, I used to compete in powerlifting. For really heavy lifts, you put on a very wide, very tight weightlifting belt. It gives your core something to press against as you lift and provides stability. Having worn corsets for costumes in the past, it strikes me just now how similar the two items are.
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louder: CORSETS ARE TYPICALLY SAFE when used correctly-- safer than most high heeled shoes actually
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"why do modern actresses complain abt corsets?" poor corsetry jobs and not wearing a layer of clothing underneath?
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My first time wearing a corset I thought I was doing something wrong when it didn’t cause me to be incapable of anything besides just walking around. And that’s when I did research and was shocked to learn..... that was normal.
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I wanted to use your arguments in my final graduation paper for fashion school. You cannot imagine the backlash I got from my history teacher, that none of my arguments were valid (so I wasn’t actually allowed to use them) and that all women were terribly oppressed up until the 1960s. The extent of arrogance to believe that every single generation before us was inferior to us is just fucking embarrassing.
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"Why would anyone want to live with a rodent in their hair?" Because I want to cook. Duh.
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When I hear people talking about or see articles on how horrible corsets supposedly are, my mind always goes to drag queens. Corsets and padding are a huge part of drag, and have been for decades, and if you know anything about drag then you know that they're not just standing there on stage and fainting. If drag queens can dance and perform for hours in corsets, are they really these killer torture devices that they're always depicted as?
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As a college student with a 25+ pound backpack, several dance classes, and a job that keeps me on my feet + back pain, my corset is my favorite item of clothing. I can sit without my back hurting with it
