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if I see one more fucking manwha villanizing corsets one more time. I WILL LOSE MY FUCKING MIND OMG
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Breathing was never an issue tho! That’s the crazy part... corsets were designed specifically for each persons body shape so it fit them perfectly. And for people who wanted to tightlace, they could still breathe fairly easy by instead of breathing with their stomach they breathed with their lungs if that makes sense? Like if you’ve ever worn a corset you know what I mean...
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Every body replying is soヾ(☆▽☆), makes me happy
Plus, unlike modern bras where people have no choice but to fit the bra, corsets were made to fit the person. On top of that, corsets worked significantly better on "squishy" plus sized bodies with no strain on their system. Skinny people don't have that "squish" at all to get the voluptuous figure that people historically desired.
So i lose my mind twice more when I remember that Asian culture especially loves to fat shame and in love with the skinny body type, therefore asian stories will reflect FLs that have the aforementioned body type/beauty standard. You will rarely ever see a plus sized FL, and when you do, it's weight they have to lose.
So thinking:
corsets were made to comfortably fit the person,
it was (and still is) encouraged to not wear a corset that hurts you,
corsets worked better on "squishy/fleshy" plus sized women,
there're no plus sized FLs in asian stories that frequently villainize corset (that i know of).
And then seeing people who obviously don't know what they are talking about blab on about it is soヽ(`Д´)ノ (### ̄皿 ̄)
Fun thing to think about: all those layers that women had to wear (chemise, corset, under petticoat, crinoline, over petticoat, dress) could actually be beautifully layored armour that detered rapists from having to get through all those layers to rape them. They were quite literally shielding themselves and simultaneously doing something they enjoyed (i.e. extravagant fashion)
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You're correct, in almost all cultures, fat women were historically desired because that meant they were well fed, come from a wealthy family that can afford to be well fed and great for bearing babies. Hence the voluptuous silhouette that corset created on plus sized women.
I was speaking about modern asian culture
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But this Manhwa didn't do any of that, the fl mentioned that because of Heather and Angela's corset that showed of Angela's figure other women wanted to be like her so they started to starve themselves. They already wear corsets and nothing happened, its Angela and Heather's fault to influence the fashion in an unhealthy way. Corsets are even used as a medical brace for people who have a curve in their spine, corsets generally are good for the body, it just depends on how it was made and for what it was to show.
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I absolutely love the attention to historical clothes this story has even if it isn't accurate. Like the clothes the kids wear is such a good detail
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I am already good with Karolina Żebrowska
There is a really funny educational video from priorattire ^^
Victorian realities - how did they use the toilet??!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHeSTDv_24
did...did the mirror guy just promote consumption laws Σ(  ̄□ ̄||)
i just thought i needed to clarify, consumption laws are NOT a good thing