Meaning of corsetwear | Babel Free

Definitions

Corsets and other clothing that incorporates corsetry.

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Examples

“One of the season’s best offerings in fine corsets—with just the matter⟳ of a few dozen to start⟳ with. Some beautiful corsetwear is included in this offering.”

“"She was 15 years old and on her own⟳ in the big city....." working first as a governess and then in corsetwear in a department store before a transfer⟳ to their book division.”

“Women used to like⟳ themselves more. Before they were assured by feminists that men hate⟳ them, women used to prance more. You see⟳ them displaying their corsetwear in old magazines. They did not hate⟳ themselves. They did not even seem to hate⟳ their corsets.”

“Certainly Lady Dilke and Herkomer played up this tradition in the portrayal: her attitude and facial expression, along with her clothing and superior positioning suggest⟳ a woman of honor and virtue, one who knows how to conform to proper societal codes of dress that themselves enact honor and virtue, a self contained, controlled and disciplined by corsetwear, which has its own⟳ set⟳ of codes and meanings.”

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