Long before the sexual revolution led women to shed their bras and girdles for physical freedom, early feminists campaigned against a far more restrictive garment. “Burn the corsets!” wrote Elizabeth ...

Corsets and ghagras reveal how fashion has long balanced beauty with control. Once tools of discipline and social expectation ...

BENNINGTON, Vt. -- In 1837, when Susan Dyer Spencer Munro walked down the main street of Shaftsbury, Vt., she wore a coppery corset with a stiff busk in front. No one except Susan (and perhaps her ...

For centuries, the corset has existed at the intersection of fashion, discipline, and identity. Once regarded as a symbol of restriction and social obedience, it has now been re-entered into modern ...