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Bloomers and Beyond: A History of Underwear

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Is It the Bask Corset?

Is it the Bask corset? That's really the first one that's kind of an iconic corset style, what we might think of today. They're the very restricted shape. Probably. I don't want to be definitive because I'm like, "I think so" Catherine DiMedici, who is a common subject on this show, she was said to really popularize that kind of steel corset, very rigid style. It has no other option if you're in it.

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