{"id":172,"date":"2011-06-07T22:31:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/?p=172"},"modified":"2012-04-17T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T15:43:25","slug":"corsetry-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/2011\/06\/07\/corsetry-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Corsetry II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, my last post introduced the question why and since when people started wearing undergarment on top of outergarment, especially the corset.<\/p>\n<p>First, I want to make clear what is in my opinion <strong>out <\/strong>of this question:<br \/>\n<strong>Wearing a corset in tradition of costume history<\/strong><br \/>\nBelow garment, fe. a dress:<br \/>\nMarriage gowns, like of the louche grande dame and known corset-lover<a href=\"https:\/\/hispano.helnwein.com\/stc\/ghpicts\/gh2550.jpg\"> Dita Van Teese<\/a><br \/>\nVintage Clothing. As a reference, a genuine photograph approximately taken <a href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3010\/2431121287_e4a20b5c1b.jpg\">around 1900<\/a>,<br \/>\nMuseum Display in Fairbanks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastfrontier.org\/pix\/1900_dress.jpg\">Dress, ca.1900<\/a><br \/>\nRe-Enactment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyinthemaking.org\/gallery\/graphics\/Websaved%20reenactment\/Rideau5.jpg\">as seen here, 1890ies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of <em>lingerie<\/em>\/underwear,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fashion-era.com\/images\/costume_films\/YV85-056.JPG\"> worn with a Chemise<\/a><br \/>\nAs seen in many Costume Movies, sometimes accurate, sometimes not: <a href=\"https:\/\/i164.photobucket.com\/albums\/u10\/LizzieBennet_photos\/Picnikcollage.jpg\">Elisabeth Swann\/Pirates of the Carribean<\/a> (Mrs Swanns Corset would most likely not have caused her fainting)<\/p>\n<p>Further <em>Dessous<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p>Erotica\/Fetish Photography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4085\/5024383200_b1188087cf.jpg\">Latex<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corsetsaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/tightlaced-corset71.jpg\">Tightlacing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Exception being displays for Fashion Photography\/Advertisement (fe. Corset Manufacturers), for obvious promotional reasons<br \/>\n1874, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitsch-slapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/1874-thomsons-underthings-ad.gif\">&#8222;Thomsons Underthings&#8220;<\/a><br \/>\n2002 until to-day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomto.de\/img\/cnt\/korsetts-kollektion-cnt2.jpg\">To.Mto Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whereas <strong>part<\/strong> of that question is the<br \/>\n<strong>&#8222;new&#8220; fashion of wearing the corset on top:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vintage Fashion with a <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.photobucket.com\/albums\/y13\/deadgothgirl\/anglaisepolpnaise006.jpg\">modern twist<\/a> (made by a corset enthuisiast)<br \/>\nThis could be taken even further away, as seen <a href=\"https:\/\/i51.tinypic.com\/2btv0j.jpg\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/draculaclothing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/victoriana-jacket-and-skirt.jpg\">here<\/a> (resembling a &#8222;vintage taste&#8220; now, rather than taking &#8222;genuine vintage&#8220; references)<br \/>\nTypical Goth Girl <a href=\"https:\/\/i85.photobucket.com\/albums\/k78\/coray_\/klein0r.jpg\">Party Outfit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many pictures of famous Gothic Music Icons show that new fashion:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_b8j45m-5BmE\/TGDEJ7a4ESI\/AAAAAAAAAJM\/7GR2TNnZeak\/s320\/amy-lee-admits-her-mother-suggested-counseling-over-teenage-dark-lyrics-DwF.jpg\">Amy Lee\/Evanescence<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.fotocommunity.com\/photos\/7466078.jpg\">Blutengel<\/a><br \/>\nBoth are rather &#8222;fashion corsets&#8220; than actual corsets for waist reduction. The second one might be with steel bone but the back&#8217;s most definately not closed.<\/p>\n<p>I found another way of wearing underwear on top of outerwear<br \/>\nWave Gothic Gathering (German: WGT) at Leipzig<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fuerst\/2493488746\/\">2008<\/a> wearing lace hipsters (or sometimes boyshorts) on top of pantyhose (or nylons) &#8211; this also shows the mode \u00e0 la fran\u00e7oise, wearing the garter underneath the pantyhose (well, at least one? of them. Why this became a &#8222;french&#8220; fashion I leave to the wild imagination of the dear reader!)<\/p>\n<p>I asked in two forums, one specialized on Gothic Fashion and one for Corset Enthuisiasts, why people would wear a corset on top. As far as I can conclude, many were <em>not even aware of the fact <\/em>that a corset was underwear once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, my last post introduced the question why and since when people started wearing undergarment on top of outergarment, especially the corset. First, I want to make clear what is in my opinion out of this question: Wearing a corset in tradition of costume history Below garment, fe. a dress: Marriage gowns, like of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/2011\/06\/07\/corsetry-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eCorsetry II\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,1178],"tags":[1185,152],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-transcultural","tag-corsetry","tag-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}