A European woman showing off her slender waist, this strange aesthetic notion can actually have irreparable consequences for women. The corset originated in the court, and the wild history says that it was Queen Josephine of France

A European woman showing off her slender waist, this strange aesthetic notion can actually have irreparable consequences for women.

The corset originated from the court, and the wild history said that after the Queen Josephine of France secretly became pregnant, she wrapped the cloth around the abdomen in order to cover people's eyes and ears, and even achieved the effect of holding the chest high, with fashionable low-cut clothes, which looked extremely sexy and became a trend for a while.

In the old days, the corset used not the ordinary corset that can be bought now, but a special corset that contained wood, ivory, horns and even metal to keep the waist straight, similar to an exoskeleton. One costume historian described the corset made in 1860-1870 this way: "The material is dark black silk, with a fine cotton lining, an extremely complex design, fine stitches, 20 whale bones, and 140 ties. ”

The waistband is more harmful to women than foot binding, it can lead to visceral damage, rib deformation, and even death. In the continuous pain of illness, the woman finally chose the latter between thin waist and survival. By the 1910s, the corset had faded, and women's waistlines had finally returned to a more physiologically healthy size.

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