The Corset: a perfect chilling read to curl up with this Autumn

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Unfortunately, as much as it does emphasize the curves of the human body, it can be quite damaging as well.

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Torturing depression that an empress can't escape, corsage captures the tragic reality of human lives that's glazed with grandeurs erupting from time to time, Vicky's performance is absolutely devoted and sharp along with the equally excellent work by the rest of the cast. Girdles were not focusing on the waist, they were meant to control the stomach and hips, they were elastic and not restricting.Since the mid-Victorian period, the busk has been made of steel and consisted of two parts, one for each side. Not that it made much of a difference because corsets were expected to be worn at almost all times, but now it even allowed women to participate in certain sports with better ease of movement. I listened to this one on Audible and the narrator was excellent and added to my enjoyment of the story but I really can’t help wishing I had a hard copy for my real life book shelf to sit alongside copy. Someone who makes corsets is a corsetier or corsetière (French terms for a man and for a woman maker, respectively), or sometimes simply a corsetmaker.

The Corset by Laura Purcell | Waterstones

Ruth is only sixteen but seems older and has, from her life at the lower end of society, seen and experienced many awful things by the time the two meet. During the 1800s, corsets became easier to wear as the implementation of hook and eye clasps replaced the need for intricate lacing and allowed women to put on their corsets themselves.Yet, the reasons why these differing opinions and stereotypes exist are often ignored and not understood. The 1830s were an important time for corsetry, and it was during this decade that the term “corset” was first used. It was then carved and shaped into a thin knife shape and inserted into the Elizabethan bodice, then fastened and held into place by laces, so that the busk could be easily removed and replaced. A Training corset was earlier used (from adolescent age) to train the waist to be a little smaller than it already was.

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In instances where corsets were worn as outer garments, decorative “stomachers” were worn over the laces on the front. Many different types of corsets do different things – all of them reduce waist but some also minimize the bust shape, some thrust out the breasts, some smoothen the hip shape etc. Modeled from those of the eighteenth century, her corsets flattened and raised the bosom, giving women a unique sense of power and glamour.Surprisingly, according to a study conducted by American University master’s student Rebecca Gibson, corsets did not negatively impact a woman’s quality of life, and corseted women actually lived longer on average than women who did not wear corsets. The first half did tend to get a bit bogged down in the narrative, but it does set the scene up nicely for the rest of the book. How huge the differences in the classes were, how people took advantage and how people were treated. To fit in with societal norms, women were expected to continue their usual household chores and take care of the children, while also being expected to wear the corset at all times.