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During the Regency era, women commonly wore "stays." Stays are occasionally referred to as corsets, but there are a few key differences. Stays were often made of cotton, linen, silk, or sateen, and had very little boning.
Corsets have been used for centuries among the Circassians and Abkhaz tribes of the Caucasus region. They were used to "beautify" women and also to ensure modesty. Corsets were laced tightly with as many as fifty laces, and had to be worn from childhood until the wedding night.
Corsets were worn by women—and sometimes men—in the Western world from the 16th to the early 20th century, although corset-like garments appear as early as 1600 BC.
Corset, article of clothing worn to shape or constrict the waist and support the bosom, whether as a foundation garment or as outer decoration. During the early eras of corsetry, corsets—called stays before the 19th century and made stiff with heavy boning—molded a woman’s upper body into a V-shape.
Although tight-lacing — where women laced their corsets too-tight to create a tiny waist — had come into fashion during a brief period during the Victorian era, it was not widely practiced.
The corset — a structural garment that molds the torso — allowed women to achieve this quintessential, curved silhouette. The origin of the corset mainly derives from Western society during the 15th century, although corset-like garments date back to the Minoan civilization in ancient Greece.
Corsets were worn by women – and sometimes men – in the Western world from the 16th to the early 20th century, although corset-like garments can be traced as far back as 1600 BC.
It was often the structures beneath Victorian clothing that gave women's fashion its form. Corsets (also known as stays) moulded the waist, while cage crinolines supported voluminous skirts, and bustles projected a dress out from behind.
With the fashion revolution of the early 20th century, most women stopped wearing boned corsets and adopted elasticized foundation garments. Why did women abandon corsets? Historical evidence...
Corsets were worn by women — and sometimes men — in the Western world from the 16th to the early 20th century, although corset-like garments appear as early as 1600 BC. What began as a close-fitting sleeveless bodice evolved into a undergarment with stays made of whalebone, and then steel, that encircled the ribs and compressed the natural waist.