Corsets and girdles are undergarments that control the shape of the body, usually the female body. The earliest recorded corset is shown on a figurine of a snake goddess from Crete, dated about 2,000 b.c. Ancient Greek and Roman women, too, wore bands...

A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it, or with a more lasting effect). Both men and women are known to wear corsets. Many garments sold as...

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Red-carpet princess Monique Lhuillier turned out a series of pretty dresses at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday that are sure to make her starlets happy.The spring collection, however, strayed from the volume and all the jeweled embellishment that have been her hallmark in recent...