Corsets
: A Visual History
by R.L. Shep (Compiler)
The
Corset: A Cultural History
by Valerie Steele
Book Description: The corset is probably the most controversial
garment in the history of fashion. Although regarded as an essential element
of fashionable dress from the Renaissance into the twentieth century, the
corset was also frequently condemned as an instrument of torture and the
cause of ill health. Why did women continue to don steel and whalebone
corsets for four hundred years? And why did they finally stop? This lavishly
illustrated book offers fascinating and often surprising answers to these
questions. Valerie Steele, one of the world's most respected fashion historians,
explores the cultural history of the corset, demolishing myths about this
notorious garment and revealing new information and perspectives on its
changing significance over the centuries. Whereas most historians have
framed the history of the corset in terms of oppression vs. liberation
and fashion vs. health and comfort, Steele contends that women's experiences
of corsetry varied considerably and cannot be fully understood within these
narrow frames. Drawing on extensive research in textual, visual, and materials
sources, the author disproves the beliefs that the corset was dangerously
unhealthy and was designed primarily for the oppression of women. Women
persisted in wearing corsets--despite powerful male authorities trying
to dissuade them--because corsetry had positive connotations of social
status, self-discipline, youth, and beauty. In the twentieth century the
garment itself fell out of fashion but, Steele points out, it has become
internalized as women replace the boned corset with diet, exercise, and
plastic surgery. The book concludes with insightful analyses of such recent
developments as the reconception of the corset as a symbol of rebellion
and female sexual empowerment, the revival of the corset in contemporary
high fashion, and its transformation from an item of underwear to outerwear.
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x
11.59 x 9.49
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; (November 1, )
ISBN: 0300090714 |
Fetish
Fashion: Undressing the Corset
by Larry Utley, Autumn Carey-Adamme (Introduction)
Paperback: 120 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.45 x
10.98 x 9.00
Publisher: Green Candy Press; (March 25, )
ISBN: 1931160066 |
The
History of Underclothes
by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington
Paperback: 272 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x
8.17 x 5.61
Publisher: Dover Pubns; Reprint edition (June 1992)
ISBN: 0486271242
I
Wonder What's Under There? : A Brief History of Underwear (Lift-The-Flap
Book (Harcourt Brace & Co.)
by Deborah Nourse Lattimore (Author)
Handbook
of Lingerie: A Man's Guide to Choosing Lingerie for the Woman in His Life
by Andrew Wilson
(Paperback)
Lingerie Secrets: Sew a Perfect Fit for Every Body
by Jan Bones
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1000
Dessous: A History of Lingerie
by Taschen, Gilles Neret
(Paperback)
Lingerie:
A History & Celebration of Silks, Satins, Laces, Linens & Other
Bare Essentials
by Catherine Bardey, Zeva Oelbaum (Photographer)
Book Description: The retrospective of lingerie through the
ages offers the admirer and wearer fashion tips by example for making these
bare essentials look great so you can feel great. Lingerie is part icon,
part turn-on, and an international symbol of feminine mystique.
Author and former fashion stylist Catherine Bardey takes a tasteful
and entertaining look at the history, iconography and appeal of women's
underwear, from bloomers and emancipation and the evolution of underwear.
From the confining corsets of the Edwardian era to the conical shaped bras
of the 1950s to the sheer, supportive shapes of today's lingerie, styles
have changed dramatically through the decades, influenced by cultural changes
as well as sports and the entertainment industry.
Lingerie is lavishly illustrated with over 100 photographs, illustrations,
advertisements and ephemera.
Hardcover: 192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x
9.52 x 4.80
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub;
ISBN: 1579121055 |
Uplift
: The Bra in America
by Jane Farrell-Beck, Colleen Gau
Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x
9.76 x 6.40
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; (December
)
ISBN: 0812236432 |
Sewing Lingerie (Singer Sewing Reference Library)
by The Editors of Creative Publishing international
Listed under Sewing
Rich
Larson's Haunted House of Lingerie Volume 2
by Rich Larson
(Paperback)
Corsets and Crinolines
by Norah Waugh
Paperback: 176 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.45 x
11.74 x 8.74
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books; (December 1990)
ISBN: 0878305262
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