No one can quite beer the agony of squeezing themselves in
them now days. Since the girdle was cast
aside fairly recently for its rather unsavoury gut-squishing effects these
beautiful garments have more often than not become objet d’art in their own
right, to be examined from a distance rather than at close quarters, allowing
us women folk to happily relax our muffin tops on our waistbands.
The strict boning was discarded when war hit Britain
(after all, how was a girl to join the war effort trussed up like a chicken). However the hip-slimming necessity of the girdle was still seen as a must until the
1970’s when a more smock-like wardrobe came into fashion (many thanks Ossie
Clerk et al).
Never fear for the corset's longevity, as long as we keep buying them, caring for them
and displaying them their history will be preserved, so put one on a mannequin,
hang one on a wall and don’t feel bad for not wearing it, times have changed since
the 1830’s. Us ladies no longer need the
medical support of the structured corset to hold up our delicate frames, we
have moved on....
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