The Windham Textile and History Museum ‘s exhibit “Unlacing the Corset, Unleashing the Vote” held an opening reception, on Feb 21. The public was invited to enjoy refreshments while viewing the ...
John Dunn is worried. Not overly, but still. People have told him they're so taken with the looks he and his design team created for the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" that they are tempted to turn ...
NEW YORK — From a 1770 corset to a 2014 bra-and-panty set in lacy stretch silk, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has put the focus on lingerie and women’s foundation garments in a new ...
was all the rage in Europe and America. Way before the era of the Kardashian waist trainer, these ladies were in search of an 18-inch waist. With the help of whalebone stays, tight lacing, and padding ...
BENNINGTON, Vt. -- In 1837, when Susan Dyer Spencer Munro walked down the main street of Shaftsbury, Vt., she wore a coppery corset with a stiff busk in front. No one except Susan (and perhaps her ...
In 1908, a doctor used X-rays to highlight the damaging effects of tight corsets on a woman's body. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...
“Date this for me,” challenges Kevin Jones, pointing to a caftan zigzagged with furious streaks of color. Jones, in his office at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, has pulled this wild ...