Korset - Stil

Perhaps, the corset - the most ambiguous of the existing items of clothing. From the Renaissance until the 20th century, it remained a necessary part of the fashionable women's dress, although many perceived it as a "tool of torture" and saw it as a cause of disease. Why, for four centuries, did women continue to wear corsets with steel or whale moustache ribs? And why, after all, stopped? The richly illustrated (full-color print by text) book "Corset" gives very curious and often unexpected answers to these questions. Renowned fashion historian Valerie Steele explores the cultural history of the corset, dispels the myths surrounding this iconic piece of clothing, shares new information and from a professional perspective explores how the meaning of wearing a corset has changed throughout Centuries.