ABOUT THOSE CORSETS.... TL; read if you want

Ok a lot of people made some really good point BUT the gist of it is that corsets are not the almighty villain depicted in midia since the 1900s.

1- the way they constructed, though, wore garments was diferent. Everything was made to measure (no "standard" sizes) with multiple panels, laces, paddings, criolines,underskirts, petitcoats It was a multi-layered production. nothing was really confortable, but nowhere near "constant torture level"

2- corsets are seasoned. Continuing with a diferent relationship with clothes. Stays and corsets were meant to be seasoned to the shape of the wearer (like a new shoe that you wear inside the house with sock a couple of times so it doesn't hurt you later)

3- Every woman wore them. though a bit shorter front lacing, even maids wore corsets. factory women during the industrial revolution, hard working women with very little.

4- those wasp thin waists are a lie! Our knowlegde of how thin those waits were come from some unreliable sources. Paintings aren't exact depictions of reallity, but even the Edwardian era (1900s) was not totally honest. In some manual version of photoshop the waists were partialy obscured with ink after the photo or dark side panel in the dress. that and a fuzzy dark backgroud and voilá. A waist thinner than a Kardashians!

5- People wear them today! there are still corset shops, corset enthusiasts and corset users (historical and modern) They are alive and well, some with youtube channels about it look it up!

there are more point but this post is insane long already. if anyone has more (or even fact- based contrapoint) leave as a reply ╮(￣▽￣)╭