Stand up straight, ladies; the corset is making a comeback.
The six-hundred year old undergarment is back in vogue, thanks to a slew of British period pieces. Personally, I think this is a good idea… for certain body types.
Breathe in… the corset – a garment that is never far from a revival in fashion circles – has been attracting a far wider audience recently. Online searches for the body-sculpting garment have soared, along with demand for four-poster beds and wisteria, an interest in all things Regency sparked by the period romance TV series Bridgerton.
Fashion experts have since pointed out that liberties may have been taken with historical facts – that being whippet thin wasn’t in vogue at the time, and the empire-line dresses of the day flowed freely below the bust. “A corset of the Bridgerton era would typically have been high-waisted not waist-pinching,” Valerie Steele, director of the museum at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology said. But she concedes that tight-lacing does “look good on film”.
Actually it always looks good if the corset sufficiently pushes up the boobs.