For hundreds of years, the corset has been the most important part of a woman’s wardrobe and the source of her special self-awareness.
For hundreds of years, the corset has been the most important part of a woman’s wardrobe and the source of her special self-awareness. Putting on a corset, the ladies felt securely protected by the armor of decency, but at the same time, paradoxically, the corset also contributed to her sense of her own sexuality. The history of the corset in world culture and the myths associated with it is described in the book by American fashion historian Valerie Steele.
New Literary Review, 272 p.