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The corset : a cultural history

The corset is one of the most controversial garments in fashion history. This study explores why women continued to don steel and whalebone corsets for 400 years, and why they finally stopped
Print Book, English, 2003
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2003
History
vii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
9780300099539, 9780300090710, 0300099533, 0300090714
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