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The Corset: A Cultural History
The Corset A Cultural History
Author: Valerie Steele
The corset is probably the most controversial garment in the history of fashion. Although regarded as an essential element of fashionable dress from the Renaissance into the twentieth century, the corset was also frequently condemned as an instrument of torture and the cause of ill health. Why did women continue to don steel and whalebone co...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300090710
ISBN-10: 0300090714
Publication Date: 11/1/2001
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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