Corsets and Pin-ups | A Fashion History Lesson
Women’s clothing have always been controversial. Trying to balance comfort and beauty has never been the goal of top designers. Corsets, today, are a choice and a fashion statement. They also don’t necessarily mean body modification, by way of cinching the waist, although some go for this unhealthy practice. As a wise commentator said, on this youtube clip:
Mid 20th century, cup sizes and under wire would be developed in bras, which- accompanied by the girdle, slip and teddy- became the preferred under garment. Aside for a brief period in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, with Dior’s New Look, corsets wouldn’t come back until the 1980’s. The movie industry, of course, doesn’t really care for practicality:
Can you name this movie?
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