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Corset comeback

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grimbletart · 23/03/2015 17:31

fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG11484732/The-great-corset-comeback.html

I am horrified by this. Because I am an older MNer I remember my mother wearing corsets, laces and all - truly an invention of satan.

They are a health hazard if worn too tight and in any case do what your own muscles are supposed to do.

What the fuck are women thinking? Are we really that stupid?

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specialsubject · 23/03/2015 19:01

and 3) dumb fashion victims.

unfortunately some females ARE that stupid.

fortunately most of us are not!

vesuvia · 23/03/2015 18:54

The people who will welcome the revival of the corset as a "good thing" for women include:

  1. people who are unaware of the corset's significant role in the oppression of women - perhaps they should read some history books?

  2. people who believe that the corset can be reclaimed to (allegedly) "empower" women - corsets didn't empower women in Victorian times, why would they empower today's women?

BriarRainbowshimmer · 23/03/2015 18:49

Yes corsets are too sweaty for summer, time to put on the Regency nighties by then Smile

But seriously, I'm really bothered by this Cinderella thing. It feels so 1950s.

Teeste · 23/03/2015 18:41

I've yet to see any of my neighbours strutting down the road in a corset, it's true. The article points to Kim Kardashian as some kind of fashion leader and she's wearing them. No idea if that could translate into mainstream eventually. Mind you, if it's like most fashion fads, it'll be over by the summer, then everyone will be wearing Regency nighties as a backlash Grin

BriarRainbowshimmer · 23/03/2015 18:36

I know it's common in certain subcultures, but is it a mainstream thing now?

Teeste · 23/03/2015 18:34

Women in the burlesque scene have been doing the corset thing for years. Granted, it's not that mainstream but they do exist, waist training and all. If, as this article suggests, it's threatening to become more popular, that cannot be a good thing.

BriarRainbowshimmer · 23/03/2015 18:27

I'm just saying that I haven't seen the corset trend among the women I know.

It's really irresponsible to focus on such a tiny waist in the new Cinderella film. I don't want little girls to look at this and think it's beautiful, that this is how they should look Sad

I was thinking about it the other day, how women have more internal organs than men, and more body fat. Yet the beauty standard is to shrink us.

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grimbletart · 23/03/2015 18:10

It was a bit of a rhetorical question Briar Smile because I find it difficult to imagine anyone could possibly want to adhere their liver to their stomach but you know, fashion an' all? After all, some women still cripple their feet and distort their spines in 4 inch stiletto shoes…..

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BriarRainbowshimmer · 23/03/2015 17:38

Are we that stupid? Well no I don't think the average woman is. Do you know any ordinary woman who regularly wear corsets to look good?

Teeste · 23/03/2015 17:36

Lovely, 21st century waist training. Squished internal organs for all!