Corset Research Paper
INTRODUCTION
Fashion accessories are items apart from the garment itself, which complement the whole outfit. Using them can add detail to an outfit when the garment's style is plain, or when the fabric from which the garment is has no interesting visual effects. Many accessories also have another more practical use beyond that of style.
Some examples of fashion accessories are bags, jewelry, shoes, eyewear, scarves, parasols, headwears, gloves, legwear, belts, mobile phones, just to name a few.
Accessories in some cultures or beliefs are considered inappropriate and so jewelry is not worn at all. In other beliefs beaded jewelry, leather strings and many small detailed belts, scarves and shoes, represent what they believe. In Christianity …show more content…
The accessories that will be the main focus are corsets and shoes.
CORSET
No other garment in Western history has assumed such political, social, and sexual significance. What is it about the corset? A mere undergarment, designed to enhance the female figure, has become an icon of all that fascinates about the ambiguous sexual codes of the Victorian era. Was wearing corsets primarily about sexual empowerment or restrictive chastisement? Could the corset explain common female maladies of the Victorian era, from fainting fits to miscarriage? How great was the suffering, for how small a waist?
HISTORY OF THE …show more content…
John F. Kennedy, the American president, always wore a plain masculine corset, because he suffered from a chronic bad back.
In the years before the First World War, corsets were long and straight, and not padded (as the 1890s corsets had been). This gave women a slimmer, less feminine figure, which carried over into the twenties, when feminine curves were definitely out, and even the breasts were flattened to produce a slender look. Corsets were often made of rubber, and the invention of the Lastex process by Dunlop rubber in the 1930s led to the invention of the modern two-way-stretch panty girdle, which is much more commonly used as a domestic discipline garment these days than the old fashioned lace-up corset.
Related to the girdle was the liberty bodice, a fleecy vest for girls reinforced with elastic. It was very snug and warm, and well known to British girls from the 40s to the 60s, and there was a letter in the March issue about a boy being made to wear his sister's liberty
Fashion accessories are items apart from the garment itself, which complement the whole outfit. Using them can add detail to an outfit when the garment's style is plain, or when the fabric from which the garment is has no interesting visual effects. Many accessories also have another more practical use beyond that of style.
Some examples of fashion accessories are bags, jewelry, shoes, eyewear, scarves, parasols, headwears, gloves, legwear, belts, mobile phones, just to name a few.
Accessories in some cultures or beliefs are considered inappropriate and so jewelry is not worn at all. In other beliefs beaded jewelry, leather strings and many small detailed belts, scarves and shoes, represent what they believe. In Christianity …show more content…
The accessories that will be the main focus are corsets and shoes.
CORSET
No other garment in Western history has assumed such political, social, and sexual significance. What is it about the corset? A mere undergarment, designed to enhance the female figure, has become an icon of all that fascinates about the ambiguous sexual codes of the Victorian era. Was wearing corsets primarily about sexual empowerment or restrictive chastisement? Could the corset explain common female maladies of the Victorian era, from fainting fits to miscarriage? How great was the suffering, for how small a waist?
HISTORY OF THE …show more content…
John F. Kennedy, the American president, always wore a plain masculine corset, because he suffered from a chronic bad back.
In the years before the First World War, corsets were long and straight, and not padded (as the 1890s corsets had been). This gave women a slimmer, less feminine figure, which carried over into the twenties, when feminine curves were definitely out, and even the breasts were flattened to produce a slender look. Corsets were often made of rubber, and the invention of the Lastex process by Dunlop rubber in the 1930s led to the invention of the modern two-way-stretch panty girdle, which is much more commonly used as a domestic discipline garment these days than the old fashioned lace-up corset.
Related to the girdle was the liberty bodice, a fleecy vest for girls reinforced with elastic. It was very snug and warm, and well known to British girls from the 40s to the 60s, and there was a letter in the March issue about a boy being made to wear his sister's liberty