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 Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:59 pm
I knew about corsets being hurtful to your health back then.... but for waist training??? OMG that's horrible!!!!!
How can something so beautiful and sensual be THAT hurtful????
People are nuts......
I think is a piece of clothing that can be sweet, sensual, fashionable, anything you intend to show... is not about if you are a goth or slut... if you want to be any of those thing is ok.... but with a corset one can even look like a queen!!!!
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:52 am
Kiriad I knew about corsets being hurtful to your health back then.... but for waist training??? OMG that's horrible!!!!! How can something so beautiful and sensual be THAT hurtful???? People are nuts...... I think is a piece of clothing that can be sweet, sensual, fashionable, anything you intend to show... is not about if you are a goth or slut... if you want to be any of those thing is ok.... but with a corset one can even look like a queen!!!! I can only speculate, but I think one of the reasons why the corset may have come to be associated with "sluts" is because the corset is at heart an undergarment. You're supposed to wear it under your clothes, not above. In movies, such as Moulin Rouge for example, many of the can-can dancers are seen wearing corsets, or corset style garments as their only clothing. I can imagine that wome of similar professions in the actual Victorian era would also wear corsets on top of their clothing - they are "revealing" and suggest something forbiddon. It's possible this kind of stigma has stayed to attached to the garment. I mean, if you say a woman walking around town in just a bra, what would one think? It's a similar concept for the corset.
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:57 am
Although they have received massive criticism and bastardization, I still find corsets alluring. They really do help with one's figure, provided that they're not taken to extremes.
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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:00 pm
Dunedien Errowyn Once you get used to them corsets aren't so bad. It takes some getting used to at first. My only serious complaint is they make me feel like I'm having an asthma attack because they can make you feel short of breath. If you feel short of breath you are probably wearing it too tight. Try a looser fitting. You should be able to walk around and even skip or jog for a short amount of time without feeling shortness of breath. This is freindly advise, I would hate for you to hurt yourself or faint because it is too tight. Be careful. heart I agree with that.
If it isn't a matter of it being too tight, though, I'd check your breathing.
When wearing a corest, it is /very/ important to remember to breath up instead of out.
If you know what I mean...
Trying to breath like normal would make you feel out of breath and sick very fast.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:59 pm
Ah, corsets. Those beautiful, beautiful things of yesteryear.
My roommate has two, and they're "cheap" ones- $50-$100. They look so pretty on, and give a gorgeous look. Sadly, good ones are expensive, and the better made ones that are affordable are from Hot Topic and look too emo.
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:25 pm
I love corsets. I think they are absolutely beautiful things. I have often considered buying a corset, but whenever I look for them I get up those silly little 'corset styled' shirts. I honestly hate those, just because they have two strips of wire in them, does not make it a corset in my book. Could I ask a question? Which do you prefer; The tightly laced, hourglass corsets of the victorian era, or the cylindrical bodices of the Tudor times? (pictures related) as seen in the other boleyn girl, a cylindrical styled bodice. The slim waist effect was created by the skirt, which swelled out. or the considerably more dangerous but alluring corset that really was a tight squeeze?
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:02 pm
I dont know how I feel about corsets. They are beautiful and sexy but I problably wouldnt feel right or comfortable in them. I agree and I disagree that when you wear a corset you are either a goth or a slut. But then it is all in the way you wear them. Corsets can either make you look trashy or very hot! Does anybody know who created the "bra"?
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:06 pm
bloody champagne I love corsets. I think they are absolutely beautiful things. I have often considered buying a corset, but whenever I look for them I get up those silly little 'corset styled' shirts. I honestly hate those, just because they have two strips of wire in them, does not make it a corset in my book. Could I ask a question? Which do you prefer; The tightly laced, hourglass corsets of the victorian era, or the cylindrical bodices of the Tudor times? (pictures related) as seen in the other boleyn girl, a cylindrical styled bodice. The slim waist effect was created by the skirt, which swelled out. or the considerably more dangerous but alluring corset that really was a tight squeeze? I like the victorian corset. to me it is more prettier and it was most likely made so you could wear less material to get the small waist and bigger hips. Does that make sense?
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:44 am
That makes alot of sense smile Personally, I'm a tudor history freak. I'm completely obsessed with the 16th century. I cant choose between the tudor bodice & the victorian corset xP Hmm...The bra. I know it came with its roots from the corset... -runs to google- ah, here we go: http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/bra.asp
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:48 pm
It's a tough call for me too, to choose between Tudor in Victorian. Probably I'd go with Victorian, however, because it is a more feminine look, made to accentuate the female figure.
On the other hand corsets from the Renaissance, were made to flatten the female chest and give them a more male/masculine, cylindrical shape.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:42 pm
Victorian; the Tudor is too boxy. Some of the Tudor ones are very nice though, the ones that give a down the shirt view.
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:40 am
I have to go with the victorian, even though I love both of them.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:18 am
According to "A Survey of historic Fashion" (written by Tortora and Eubank, 4th edition), by 1893, babies started to wear corsets at the age of one year and it had sepcially designed pins to hold a diaper on.
Quite frankly I think that's ridiculous.
The only sensible corset I think would be that of the Italian rennisance. From the same era as the Tudor corset, it's more lik a strapless bra than anything and it's purpose is much the same as our modern bra, to keep the breasts in place and from jiggling while running or causing a rash from the sweat and summer heat.
I am making a victorian corset with gussets though, mostly because I want one for my steam punk outfit and to wear to concerts and feel pretty, not because I want to go into waist training. I'm happy to say I already have an hourglass figure.
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:14 am
This is a story of my newest corset. We, Heidi and I, went to Tombstone for a fitting for my newest dress. All I had to bring my old corset which is called a French corset. The dress maker didn't like the corset so I had to by a new one,
We ran to the store that had corsets. I looked at them. They are for fun corset. The stays are about 3 to 4 inches apart. I got one she liked. It closes in back too.
After the dress was fitted and measurements were taken I wore it to the hotel, While wearing it the top rolled under my breast. It couldn't hold them up or flat. So now I have to add more stays to this week corset,
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 pm
Mamaba This is a story of my newest corset. We, Heidi and I, went to Tombstone for a fitting for my newest dress. All I had to bring my old corset which is called a French corset. The dress maker didn't like the corset so I had to by a new one, We ran to the store that had corsets. I looked at them. They are for fun corset. The stays are about 3 to 4 inches apart. I got one she liked. It closes in back too. After the dress was fitted and measurements were taken I wore it to the hotel, While wearing it the top rolled under my breast. It couldn't hold them up or flat. So now I have to add more stays to this week corset, If it uses plastic boning, you may also consider replacing them with steel bones. Or when adding the new channels, using steel. They offer considerably better support.
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