The lace up corset: a slideshow of French postcards etc

Historical photos of women wearing lace up corsets, picked up from all over the web, mainly French postcards but also other pre-1930 pics (staylace.com is good). Not in chronological order, I'm afraid. A lot of people seem fascinated by the objects, although unlike a Kylie or Madonna, most of these women wore them over a chemise (or often, later, combinations and, later still, camiknickers). It is, however, an interesting bit of social history.(Scenes where someone has their foot in the small of someone else's back were meant as a joke - I hope.The pic at 4mins 35secs has obviously been faked.)

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• corset
• lace_up_corset
• laced_corset
• French_postcards
• costume
• underwear
• Victorian
• Edwardian
• women
• erotica

[ZyanDef007]

Love the first song! Can you tell me its name, please?!!! PLEASE!!

[wallygreeninker]

It's Debussy - 'Children's corner:no4 -The Snow is dancing'.

The second tune is his 'Reverie' but the volume is a bit too low.

There are various Youtube performances and I think it can be downloaded free from the Piano Society website.

[AliceFan1]

I loved this video, especially the "Striptease" sequences!

[wallygreeninker]

Notice how the lady must have had a mid-calf length chemise tucked into her bloomers - quite common at least from the time of the cage crinoline until as late as the early 1920's.

[wallygreeninker]

I'm not so much a collector as one of those little people described in the Mary Norton novels.

[SingMeAnElla]

Some of these photos would have been like porn back then. LOOK! ANKLES!!!

[RememberTheMemory]

Such horrifying beauty. I mean the're so pretty in a disturbing way in my opinion.

[luv2bellydance4life]

Pictures and Music Like this together is a little disturbing. I think that's why I love it. :-)

[Florencethomas405]

wow the photos are beautiful. the music is great. brilliant video! xx

[ToughLovinMonkey]

@RememberTheMemory That is exactly my feelings toward corsets. So feminine and delicate, but then your think about their ribcages being squeezed into this tiny waist.

[AliceFan1]

Actually the foot in the back was actually used, believe it or not. Women actually valued a tiny waist in those days, and one where a man could put his hands about and touch his fingers in the back was coveted, hence leverage was key when cinching up the laces and someone actually invented a machine that a ladies maid could use. For a good illustration of this mindset, in Gone with the wind, Scarlett O'Hara is distressed she can't return to the waist she had before she had her baby.

[Katiethedil]

The mirror in 1:30 scares me.

[junglewalk]

Wonderful!....Beautiful shapely Ladies...> adds to the mystery of what she looks like under the clothing!...wow..!

[sweetypie000]

sexy :)

[ForEverSnoopy]

My great Grandmother Maude wore corsets. She was born in 1882. She told my mother all the horrors about wearing them. Corsets contributed to a higher chance of miscarrige. Corests event caused deaths on rare ocassions.

[TheMichelleSchweiss]

I love this slide show.