It was an object of desire for men over many generations.
The corset for centuries extolled the beauty of women. The reality however was much more painful. This intimate piece caused permanent deformations in the female body, not to mention the harm it caused by affecting the respiratory health of women. The bodices, denomination known during the Renaissance, evidenced especially the breasts, the problems, however, were the same. For decades were created more castrating models, more vile and unimaginable, that imposed even more restrictions on women's mobility. Imagine that was presented in the exhibition of the work of 1885, a bodice with artificial breasts that could be inflated.
The first world war dictated the end of this aesthetic, since women were summoned to take on the toughest jobs that were formerly performed by men and were humanly impossible to perform with this rigid intimate piece. The band appeared as a substitute and the corset was gradually disappearing. Only in 1947, was resurrected by the new look of Christian Dior, which valued the bust and waist. The '60s were times of spiritual freedom, but also for the body. Bras were burned in the public square and the bodice was again banned. In the late 80's, designers Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier relaunched this model to be used outside of the clothes and not inside, it's a fetish piece of their collections. Today, corsets are very comfortable and in fashion, both, as a piece of lingerie and as clothing. The Storytailors are Portuguese fashion designers, who use this kind of pieces that build a new feminine silhouette and give them more romantic aesthetic. After all, the bodice is here to stay.
