There are a great many misconceptions about wearing corsets, bodices or basques today. Here are just some of them.
Nobody wears corsets today
Forgetting the ballerinas, film stars, pop stars and other fashionable icons, corsets are worn by people everyday, either as fashion statements or built into clothes to discretely 'improve' your shape. You'd also be surprised how many idols are wearing discrete corsets.
Only women wear corsets
If you wear a corset to disguise your body shape rather than as a fashion item, you wouldn't want it to be obvious. You'd be surprised to know just how many film and pop idols we have helped to look good in this way.
Corsets are uncomfortable
Gone are the days where people couldn't breathe or fainted all the time. This was actually caused by malnutrition or overheating, rather than the corset [more details]. But what about the broken ribs and puncture wounds? If corsets were this dangerous, they wouldn't have been worn by men and women for over 4000 years! The truth is that corsets are surprisingly comfortable, and help your posture as well as shape, which in turn stops fatigue.
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