Corset Lingerie Shopping Guide
Corsets originated as undergarments for women in the sixteenth century, more than five hundred years ago. The first corsets were designed for women to wear underneath their dresses to “perfect” their natural figure by making their midsection appear more slender and forcing their waist into an unnaturally narrow shape. The first corset styles were brutally uncomfortable to wear, but their body-shaping benefits helped them retain a place in women’s fashion that has lasted into the twenty-first century. READ MORE