Corset-politics - The Corset College

Peter O.

2008-03-22, 18:18 #1

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Subject: Corset-politics

Why do not all woman use corset, when they be able to been thin all the life, if they use corset?!

The answer is: There was a time when all woman use corset. But why do they stop?!
A possible answer of answer is: The factories get a new fabric-material. This was cheap and in unlimited quantity; noble, cleanly; fashionable, but it have one defect: It was useless. The fabric do not stretch as it get a shape after the women, and the material.been hot if the women sweat.

The factories fail the women, and woman be only able to stop, because all factories make the same mistake. Woman had no choice, they could only stop by use corset.

But today you constant have no choice. No body tell about the fabric-material, and if the do it is uncertain what they mean. Example: silky satin is a type of poor plastic fabric and not silky in satin weaving.

The women of today demand a modern corset and not a poor copy of a poor corset from Victorian age.

The basis of corset use is lengthen of the waist. But the corset have need to fit both hip and chest, both before and after the lengthen of the waist. This is not possibly without a overlap or a pleat.

news corset is required.

andy 2008-03-23, 14:58 #2

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The bra, perhaps?

Dragonlord 2008-03-24, 00:52 #3

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I think the core reason that corset wearing went out of fashion so quickly is work. With the "Great War" in 1914 (followed shortly by the 2nd world war), women were doing jobs out of necessity that traditionally they would not have even looked at. And a lot of these jobs required(?) a certail level of flexabiliy that was not possible/bery difficult while wearing a corset. That combined with all the other changes at the time made the corset the perfect symbol of their emancipation.

Annalai (Moderator) 2008-03-24, 11:12 #4

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It is so many reasons I think for why women stopped wearing corsets. One is the change of fashion and new material was introduced suitable for girdles with more stretch.

Another big reason is this one.

1917: The U.S. War Industries Board requests women to stop buying corsets to reduce the consumption of metal. Sources say up to 28,000 tons of metal was conserved through this effort - "enough to build two battleships."

Also for safety reason some workplaces was forbidden women to wear steelboned corsets like if they worked around ammunition as many women was.

Anyone who has read Ethel Grangers biography may remember how difficult they had in the 40's to find either corsetiers or material for corsets and how they tried to fix the old ones to hold for some time more. So another war who made it impossible for women to find corsets. I think many other women just gave up during this time when it become impossible and just a few people like Ethel and Will Granger continued with the struggle.

In Germany during the second world war it was "forbidden" to wear corsets. A corset was a sign of weakness they wanted strong females who could carry lots of babies and the corset was also seen as something they did not want and something foreign.

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andy 2008-03-24, 13:24 #5

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Throughout history it has been claimed that women's bodies need "support," most commonly in lingerie advertisements, but also in other forms of literature. While these claims are most often couched in anatomical language, they are socially constructed. Fashion dictates a line, and new undergarments are devised to help women achieve it. If these garments are physically, socially, or financially uncomfortable, they will not be worn by the vast majority.

tighter_jen 2008-03-24, 14:58 #6

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Indeed, the main factor at the time was the war effort. Safety, mobility, and materials rationing (28,000 tons of metal is no trivial matter) dictated a change by necessity. The appearance of the brazier also precipitated the corset's downfall by providing a light, comfortable, economical and convenient means of bust support. Fashions then adapted to the changes in undergarments.

Fashion and social trends also dictate what is "in" or "out" in clothing (notwithstanding good taste, unfortunately for some cases). Look at what celebrities are wearing and watch how quickly those styles fly off the shelves. Case in point: a single t-shirt with a hardware store's logo worn by Avril Lavigne caused an overwhelming flood of requests to that particular store (a small outlet in a small town) to procure them.

Corsets seem to be having a resurgence among the celebrities. Who knows what will come out of that?

I know one thing: I like my corsets, regardless of fashion, politics, or celebrities. I look and feel good in them, and that is far more important.

Jennifer.

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