Corsets formed an essential part of fashion during the Victorian times. It was worn by one n all and was a signature of being women. Be it the rich bourgeois or the common proletariats, a corset enhanced their beauty, charm and youth. Apart from being used in medicine and they were also used as a  fetish tool .

With the changing times and fashion, the form of corsets have been evolving, but the purpose remain the same, to reduce the waist and provide with a slim and a fashionable silhouette. In the late 1940’s there was a new revival in the field of corsets, they took a shape of a waist cincher and became an object of haute couture for the likes of Christian Dior.

Be it Balenciaga or Yves Saint Lauren , all the designers have experimented with corsets and have turned them into a fashionable must have for women around the world, the only difference now is  that  it forms a part of luxurious, state of art clothing lines and brands.

Corsets still have a great prominence among the European couture houses like Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier who still surprise their fans whenever a model sports a corset for them.

 

Many designers like Roberto Cavalli are known to dress their muse (VICTORIA BEKHAM ) in a corset whenever she is attending a red carpet. Fashion franchise  like  Victoria’s Secret  which are known through the world for creating surreal undergarments for women, there experiments with the corsets are very well known. Corsets have always been an insignia of class and regality in fashion and they will continue to be. Fashion is synonymous to change, but there are certain things in fashion that have remained same in it’s true sense. Corset has always been treated as a ‘superior ‘part of the entire apparel industry. It’s purpose is just not limited to squeeze a women’s waist , it’s purpose is to make her look confident of her physicality and her being.