Meaning of corsetery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The practice of using (wearing) or making corsets.
   uncountable, usually
2. Corsets and their accoutrements; items made by a maker of corsets, taken collectively.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“The Company also agrees to give⟳ the corsetiere the benefit of it's own⟳ sales plans and training of salesmanship and corsetery. At the same time, the corsetiere agrees to purchase⟳ a demonstration line, which she uses in her own⟳ work⟳ ...”

“The innovation of the moment in corsetery is BIENJOLIE GRECIAN-TRECO REDELACD Corsets The all year round corset for the girls and women who lead⟳ active lives, and insist on ease, comfort and cleanliness as well as ...”

“Dressed to Kill⟳: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry.”

“Women of wealthy mercantile families asserted their status by imitating the styles from royal courts and helped spread⟳ the fashion of corsetry throughout cities and towns all across Europe. In subsequent centuries, the corset was modified ...”

“The modern bra, as a concept, has its origins in corsetry (so does shapewear, which you'll learn⟳ more about in chapter 3).”

“I have⟳ been made painfuly aware of the angles of a slender figure⟳ left without the help⟳ of that wisp of corsetry that would make⟳ all the difference in the world. I have⟳ walked behind a lady with fleshy shoulders, even as you have⟳ done , and ...”

“Q. What kind of merchandise do you sell⟳? A. Ladies specialties such as hosiery, underwear, corsetery, gloves.”

“[...] fields of textile applications such as lace and curtains, sports and casual wear⟳, lingerie and corsetery and in technical textiles such as automotive interior packing, [...]”

“Revealingly, eating disorders were related to (or aggravated by) the wearing of corsetry. Consequently, corsetry was closely linked to the debilitated feminine ideal: […]”

“.[...] the details of their working relationship should remain⟳ suitably discreet. In 2018, June Kenton, director of Rigby & Peller, the long-time suppliers of corsetery and lingerie to the Queen, [...]”

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