Corset

A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or orthopaedic purposes (either for the duration of wearing it, or with a more lasting effect).

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Both men and women have worn – and still wear – corsets.

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The skill of making corsets is known as corsetry, as is the general wearing of them. Someone who makes corsets is a corsetier (for a man) or corsetière (for a woman), or sometimes simply a corsetmaker.

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Garment: REDIRECT Clothing...

Torso: Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. It is also refered to as the trunk. The torso includes the chest, back, and abdomen....

Aesthetic: REDIRECT Aesthetics...

Corset related Images and Photos (experimental)

Persephone Corset	Corset Belt Circa 1929	Corset Belt Circa 1929	Marilyn Monroe Corset Star Statue
Steampunk Engineer Corset	L'Essai Du Corset a Frenchwoman in Her Boudoir is Fitted with a Corset by a Staymaker	Lady Laces up Her Corset at the Back	Woman in a Corset from 'Elles' 1896
Woman Modeling a Corset Mystere Lingerie Designed by Mme Guillot	The Veritable Corset Persephone Renders the Sveltest Parisiennes Even Svelter	Young Woman in Corset Chemise and Stockings Secures Her New Hat	Gone with the Wind Scarlet in Corset from the WB Photo Collection