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Why wear a Corset - A corset can change the way you look and feel, when asked why one would wear a corset, our corsetiere expert Sophie Dubois said “confidence, posture and even more confidence”. A corset ensures that a woman walks upright and proud, giving a sleek hourglass silhouette.
The affect of the Corset - A corset will uplift the breasts, nip in the waist and flatten the stomach, as well as improving posture. This will create a fabulous hourglass shape.
The different types and styles of corset - The majority of corsets fall into the two categories: the overbust and the underbust corset. The overbust corsets vary by the neckline
The Sweetheart corset neckline is called this due to the heart shaped line across the chest. This corset shape is ideal for women with bigger chests, as the defined shape supports and lifts the breasts, while creating show stopping cleavage.
The Victoriana corsets lie straight across the bust, giving small breasts uplift, this style of corset is not as supportive as some other corset shapes as it is lower, but gives breathtaking cleavage.
The burlesque corset shape curves across the body in a u-shape, peaking at the sides. The burlesque corset works best on women with bigger chests, providing fabulous support and uplift.
Modern day Corset trends - Nowadays corsets are worn more as outerwear than underwear. Corsets feature year upon year in the catwalk shows of designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Dolce and Gabbana. Designers such as Tom Ford and Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga have recreated the shape of corsets in their collections. This year the focus has been on the Waspie (an underbust corset), worn over clothes to make an incredible waist.
Considerations when buying Corsets – Corset sizing
The purpose of a corset is to pull you in, and therefore when ordering a corset you should order a waist size two to four inches smaller than your natural waist line, depending on how dramatic a change you want.
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History of the Corset. Corsets have been worn for hundreds of years, and have evolved through out. Roman women were the first to be seen wearing corsets, recorded in art work from the period.
In the Eighteenth Century the ideal body shape changed, instead of masking the breasts, corsets uplifted them and narrowed the waist. It was in the eighteenth century when the corsets popularity really took off, with waists laced so tight there was a trend for fainting and smelling salts.
In Victorian times tightlacing was the height of fashion- a loose corset was associated with a loose woman! Tightlacing of corsets and underbusts continues to the day.
Corsets became less and less a part of a womans everyday wardrobe due to rationing during the war, however they are constantly revived, the item that just won’t go away.
John Paul Gaultiers corset with a conical bra became iconic in the eighties, as worn by Madonna on her Blonde Ambition tour.
More recently Vivienne Westwood has taken the sexy corset from an item of underwear to outerwear, one of her biggest contributions to fashion. Her fashionable corsets take inspiration from history while using modern stretch fabrics, making her lovely corsets surprisingly practical.
The glamorous corset has changed from a symbol of womens oppression to a symbol of sexual empowerment.
