Corset

see also: Etymology of Corset

A corset is a Sous-vêtement (carried today more readily in outerwear) comprising whales intended before very refining the size and thus accentuating the female natural curves, like maintaining the bust and the Hanche S.

There exist also orthopedic corsets used to rectify the deviations of the Spinal column in the cases of Scoliose or Cyphose. These corsets can be also used to relieve the intervertebral articulations in the case of Lombalgie S.

This clothing oscillates between a very male connotation (corset to be armed, iron corset), intended for the soldiers, and the usual direction, most female which is. The women used corsets almost without stopping of the 16th century until the fashion of the shift dresses in the Années 1920 to give a Taille of wasp, which consisted in having the very fine size compared to the hips and with the chest.

It is interesting to note that the zones considered as more erotic or significant of the female body changed much according to the times: so today it is the chest which is often the érotisée part, at the 19th century it was well the size and its smoothness which were looked at. The corset thus did not refine the size to emphasize, by contrast, the chest or the hips, but well for the size itself; one at many times used besides of various stuffings on the hips, to accentuate visually the smoothness of the size.

History of the corset

In Antiquity, the women sought already with better marking and refining their size: the Greek ones by broad tightened belts, Crétoises (and also the Crétois men) by leather belts. But the corset such as it today is heard, whale, exists only starting from the Rebirth (and not of the Middle Ages, which was unaware of it completely).

16th century

Conical silhouette, low point with the size, flattened chest. Not or little reduction of size of, rather a “conical working” of the bust. Come from the male and military universe, the corset is rather perceived like a physical and moral “armor” reserved for the high society.

17th century

Conical silhouette, appearance of small ornamental panels in bottom.

18th century

Silhouette conical, appearance of the “part of stomach”, often removable, richly decorated on the front. , The corset is more frequently called Corps with whales.

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