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The corset, a known lingerie staple for centuries, is once again gaining a following in the modern fashion scene. As opposed to the metal contraptions that were in vogue during the Victorian era, today’s version is now being made from breathable fabrics. When shopping for this type of innerwear, consider how often you will be wearing the corset. Avoid tight-laced items if you plan to wear one daily. A waist cinchier that comes in an hourglass shape is ideal. Next, determine your intended purpose for wearing one. If you want it to reshape your body or for costuming purposes, get a piece with extra reinforcing, seaming, and boning. These additions can help enhance your hips, abdomen, and bottom. Modern corsets are usually made of PVC, leather, or satin. The latter offers the customer a wide colour palette while stretchy material like leather would be more comfortable on the plus-size woman. If chosen well, this kind of lingerie can enhance and provide support for any bus...

Spelled as corsets, these are articles of clothing made as early as the 2000 B.C. as an outer garment primarily for men in the Minoan island of Crete in antiquity. The early Greeks and Romans wore inner corsets primarily to shape the body into a certain contour favoured by their societies at that time. It later evolved in the Middle Ages into something that was a very tight fitting inner bodice designed to produce very slender hips and accentuate the female breasts. It was considered high fashion at that time to wear them in official functions and these were sometimes jewelled with precious stones and with elaborate embroidery. By around 1900, it became primarily a female garment only worn by royalty and in high society. Its tight fit was gradually loosened to conform to the natural form of the body rather than forcing the body to conform to it. The decision to loosen corsets was caused by numerous health problems among its wearers and eventually gave way to brassieres an...