Bodice
A bodice is an article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist.
The term comes from pair of bodies (because the garment was originally made in two pieces that fastened together, frequently by lacing).
In common usage, bodice refers to an upper garment that has removable sleeves or no sleeves, often low-cut, worn in Europe from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century, either over a corset or in lieu of one. To achieve a fashionable shape and support the bust, the bodice was frequently stiffened with bents (a type of reed), or whalebone. Bodices survive into modern times in the traditional or revived folk dress of many European countries (see, for examp, the Aboyne dress worn by Scottish highland dancers).
Bodice continues in use to refer to the upper portion of a one- or two-piece dress to distinguish it from the skirt and sleeves. The bodice of a dress was called the corsage in the nineteenth century).
Bodices are commonly seen today at SCA events or a Renaissance Fair.
Bondage corsets
Main article: Bondage corset
Bondage corsets, as used for BDSM, are full-figured corsets that are sometimes called a discipline corsets.
Girdles
- Main article: Girdle
The word girdle originally meant a belt (or metaphorically speaking, something which confines or encloses.
Girdles were considered essential garments by many women from approximately 1910 to the late 1960s. They created a rigid, controlled figure that was seen as eminently respectable and modest. They were also crucial to the couturier Christian Dior's 1947 New Look, which featured a voluminous skirts and a narrow, nipped-in waistline, also known as a wasp waist.
Hourglass corset
Hourglass corset is a generic term for corsets that produce a silhouette resembling the hourglass shape: wide bottom, narrow waist ("wasp waist"), wide top.
With a modern hourglass corset, the stomach is over the waist. With a Victorian hourglass corset, the stomach is in the waistline.
Tightlacing (also called corset training and waist training)
Tightlacing is the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to achieve extreme modifications to the figure and posture and experience the sensations of a very tight corset. Those who practice tightlacing are called tightlacers. Some tightlacers call the corsets they wear training corsets.
Waist cincher
A waist cincher (waist cinch, waist nipper or waspie) is a short corset that only covers the waist and midriff, so it reduces the waist without covering the chest. They typically have the same construction as a full-size corset, as opposed to a corset belt or waspie belt that is constructed as a wide belt. The term waspie comes from the idea that it gives the wearer a wasp waist.
"Installing a corset"
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