Corset

Corset
   From the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, women in the Western world wore corsets to create the "perfect" hourglass shape, the fashionable body silhouette of the time. Never to be confused with an undergarment created for comfort, the corset has been the cause of health issues and even death. Its origin is from the French word corse, which means bodice. Strips of whalebone, wood, and horn were used until the 1850s when steel replaced these materials to provide the rigid structure of the corset. By the early 1920s, women were engaged in sporting activities that required the flexibility offered by brassieres and girdles. This trend in flexibility, combined with the fashion look of the 1920s flapper, saw the end of the corset era. In the 1980s, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Vivienne West-wood set the stage for the return of the corset as a fashion statement.
   See also Intimate apparel.

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  • corset — [ kɔrsɛ ] n. m. • 1789; « courte veste, corsage » fin XIIe; de corps 1 ♦ Anciennt Gaine baleinée et lacée, en tissu résistant, qui serre la taille et le ventre des femmes. ⇒ ceinture, gaine. Baleines de corset. Loc. métaph. Corset de fer, ce qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • corset — CORSÉT, corsete, s.n. Centură elastică lată (şi întărită cu balene), care serveşte la strângerea taliei. ♢ Corset gipsat = (sau medical) = aparat special făcut din ghips sau din alt material, care serveşte la imobilizarea coloanei vertebrale sau… …   Dicționar Român

  • corset — CORSET. s. m. Corps de cotte de Villageoise. Mettre un corset. Corset de taffetas. Corset à fleurs.Corset, se dit aussi d Un petit corps ordinairement de toile piquée et sans baleine, que les femmes mettent lorsqu elles sont en déshabillé …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • corset — Corset. s. m. Corps de cotte des Villageoises. Mettre un corset. corset de tafetas. corset à fleurs. Corset, se dit aussi, d Un petit corps ordinairement de toile piquée & sans baleine, que les Dames mettent lors qu elles sont en deshabillé …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • corset — c.1300, kind of laced bodice, from O.Fr. corset (13c.) bodice, tunic, dim. of cors body (see CORPS (Cf. corps)). Meaning stiff supporting and constricting undergarment is from 1795 …   Etymology dictionary

  • corset — [kôr′sit] n. [OFr, dim. of cors: see CORPS] 1. a closefitting undergarment, often tightened with laces and reinforced with stays, worn, chiefly by women, to give support or a desired figure to the body from the hips to or including the breast 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • Corset — Cor set (k?r s?t), n. [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See {Corse}.] 1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women. [1913 Webster] 2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Corset — Cor set (k?r s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corseting}.] To inclose in corsets. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Corset — (v. ital.), 1) Schnürbrust; 2) Stück der Frauenzimmerkleidung, aus einem nahe am Leibe anliegenden Oberkleid mit kurzen Schößen bestehend …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Corset — Corset, s. Leibchen …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • corset — CORSET: Empêche d avoir des enfants …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

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