(Image credit: Wellcome Images)Dear A.J., I’...  ...ider its 16th-century Spanish equivalent: an iron corset that squeezed the woman’s waist to the size...  ...d into something only slightly less excruciating: corsets made of whalebone, wood, and steel. Lacing up the...

People, especially women, have often put their lives at risk to be attractive. Some fads and fashions are more dangerous than others, and throughout history, it took more than few deaths to change what we considered beau...

If your far-away lover gave you something to remem...  ...that’s how scrimshaw art got into whalebone corsets . If a woman is going to be wearing stays made of...  ...ere huge tokens of love. She could wear it in her corset , where it would be a constant reminder of his lov...  ...eekly explains more about...

Heaven forbid that a woman would neglect her figur...  ...just because she’s pregnant! This maternity corset ad was featured in Ladies Home Journal in 1905. &...

The past meets the future in the present! German c...  ...esigned and made these long dresses complete with corsets that resemble futuristic Starfleet uniforms. Here...

There's nothing like a little Alie...  ...eeks around you. Behold, the Facehugger Corset