When you think of a corset, you might imagine period drama dames sucking in as they cling onto a bedpost as a feisty lady’s maid aggressively laces them in. Netflix’s hot Regency-inspired drama ...

In recent years, the Netflix series “Bridgerton” has reignited interest in corsets, with many fashion enthusiasts eager to embrace the show’s aesthetics. However, this trend has also raised concerns ...

In this new series, Remaking History, academics take a look at the ways they are recreating historical practices, and how this impacts their research today. Although I have been sewing as a hobby for ...

Design by Iris Ding. Buy this photo. In an interview with Bustle, Sarah Woodyard, a milliner at Colonial Williamsburg, said that there are benefits to wearing a stay. “That back support really helps ...

The perception that our Victorian ancestors were all prudes is overrated. They knew what was going on behind closed doors. And they invented the ubiquitous in-your-face advertising that surrounds us ...

The corset may conjure up images of a busty Nancy singing in a dusty Victorian beer house, or Marie Antoinette telling the poor to eat cake. Despite this historical baggage, corsets have been making a ...

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI -- Corset Shop Intimates, a business with a long history of serving women in Saginaw County and the surrounding area, has moved to a new location on State Street in Saginaw ...

Although I have been sewing as a hobby for many years, making and wearing historical clothing was not something I imagined myself doing when I first began researching the history of corsets and hooped ...

Sarah Bendall's experimental process of reconstructing 400-year-old garments has taught her about historical making practices and women's experiences. Philosopher Michel de Montaigne portrayed corsets ...