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corset Noun 1. a close-fitting undergarment worn by women to shape the torso 2. a similar garment worn by either sex to support and protect the back [Old French: a little bodice] corsetry n
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corset Translations n corset [ˈkoːsit] a close-fitting stiff undergarment to support the body. korset مِشَدُّ للخَصِـر корсет korzet korset das Korsett κορσές corsé, faja korsett گن؛ کرست korsetti corset מָחוֹך अन्दर पहनने का वस्त्र steznik, korzet (gyógy)fűző korset lífstykki corsetto コルセット 코르셋 korsetas korsete koset korset korsett, snøreliv gorset corpete corset корсет korzet steznik korset korsett, snörliv ชุดชั้นในผู้หญิงที่สวมเพื่อให้สะโพกและหน้าอกเข้ารูปทรง korse 婦女緊身胸衣 корсет انگیا، زنانہ زير جامہ cooc-xê 束腹, 妇女紧身胸衣 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Leigh Summers enters these debates with Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset, in which she condemns corsetry and the society that sponsored it as oppressive to women and violently misogynist. It begins with examples of the rigid corsetry, opulent textiles and lavish decoration that reflected the social status of a woman's father or husband, and then moves ahead to the flapper skirts of the '20s, military-inspired suits of the war years, circle skirts of the '50s and contemporary ``power'' suits. His racist and sexist acts were his downfall with Clark; his corsetry and masks with bulging flesh could always seem insensitive; and his 1993 Wigstock performance, as vividly recounted by Hilton Als, cast the pall of a bloody birth scene in the midst of cavorting drag queens. |
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