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By the middle of the sixteenth century, corsets have become very common among European and British women. 17th Century Riegel, Robert E. (1963). "Women's Clothes and Women's Right". American Quarterly. 15 (3): 391. doi: 10.2307/2711370. JSTOR 2711370.

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Westwood's corset designs may be "one of her most important contributions to 20th-Century fashion" according to Steele. They are indeed highly prized collectors' items: her corset design printed with a detail from the 1743 François Boucher painting Daphnis and Chloe resides in the V&A. Fans of her Boucher corsets include the model Bella Hadid, and pop stars Miley Cyrus and FKA Twigs. Twigs modelled some of her extensive vintage Westwood collection for her digital zine Avantgarden. a b c d e f g Steele, Valerie (2001). The Corset: A Cultural History. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09953-3. However, in some periods, bodies (Tudor-era corsets) were worn to achieve a tubular straight-up-and-down shape, which involved minimizing the bust. Bodies, also known as a pair of bodies, for women's and menswear into the 16th and 17th centuries achieved their stiffened shaping through materials including steel, wood, or whalebone, and were constructed of two parts and fastened at the sides. [3] As women’s fashion continually changes everyday, present-day women and even men have begun to incorporate corsets in their wardrobe. As seen in social media and televised events, celebrities and influencers have been wearing the very corset that women in the 19th century were fighting hard to get away from. But the corset design has changed drastically, from being worn as a restricting undergarment to becoming outerwear and often worn to replicate “retro” fashion.

Other types of corset dresses are created for unique high fashion looks by a few modern corset makers. These modern styles are functional as well as fashionable and are designed to be worn with comfort for a dramatic look. During the late 19th century tight-lacing has raised some concerns. Some doctors supported the theory that corset may cause health injuries, specifically during pregnancy and women who practiced tight-lacing were looked upon as slaves to fashion. Today you do not have a maid to lace your corsets. You might only have an impatient husband not at all ready to get into the lace of things. So it is also important that you will be able to wear it by yourself. So ease of dressing is an important factor.

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Takeda, Sharon Sadako; Spilker, Kaye Durland (2010). Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700–1915. Prestel USA. p.76. ISBN 978-3-7913-5062-2.These corsets were typically made out of layered fabric, stiffened with glue, and were tightly laced. Usually worn with shoulder straps, the corset extends the length of the torso, stopping just above the pelvic bone. Catherine de Medici (1519–1589) is credited with introducing corsets to France where women of the French court embraced it.