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The fashion industry has taken the word corsets more recently to describe tops which resemble the original apparel but do not perform the intended purpose it was meant to.
These tops are popular and trendy but do not emphasize body figure as the typical apparel is supposed to. In fact these modern tops are more of lingerie than figure enhancing clothing.
They are back in vogue and have been popularised by celebrities like lady Ga Ga and Rihanna in their music videos. The new trend is to wear them for either of these two purposes: Waist reduction to improve your confidence and posture, or to achieve a sexy and gorgeous charm in the bedroom.
Traditionally though, these apparel were meant for the former reason. They were worn by girls and women as part of normal undergarments. It is only today that they have transformed in to sexy costumes.
Victorian women back in the 16th century wanted their waists to appear as tiny as possible. It is then that bodices known as stays were developed as a form of tight lacing worn below the dresses. Girls received them at a young age and wore them until old age.
Back then they were longer, flaring over the hips and extending several inches down to the waist. This shape became very popular and clothes were designed to match with the bodices.
Other variations soon began to emerge. Victorian era jackets known as basques began to be designed in similarly snug fitting fashion extending past the hips and flaring out to accommodate a bustle.
Gradually though,corsets and basques
began to phase out with the advent of newer dressing methods. Women stopped wearing bustles in the late 19th century and as the 20th century dawned, hemlines began creeping upwards.
By the 1920���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½s these apparel were virtually unheard of until the late forties when they began to make a come back.
The new versions which coincided with development of the media were much shorter than the Victorian designs. Women liberation was just beginning to sprout and the new style was called the merry widow. Its introduction set the stage for the sexual revolution as matters of the bedroom began to be explored with less and less inhibition.
The sixties through to the eighties was a revolutionary period as the hippie movement sprouted and grew. Media expansion and freedom of expression was growing in leaps and bounds and mainstream artists were the trendsetters of the day.
Musicians such Madonna popularized the underwear as outwear craze and sexual costumes began to appear all over the country.
Today, this apparel has become ubiquitous with women all over the world. They are worn as an alternative method of accentuating natural body curves to create a slimming effect. Other women wear them to enhance sexuality and spice up the bedroom.
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Jane is a journalist as well as an experienced content writer. She has more than 5 years experience in copy writing and journalism. Presently she is writing articles about corsets and basques.
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