Corsets first became popular in Spain. At that time, it was probably the first half of16th century. People made a sleeveless corset with whale bones as the skeleton. This corset is in the shape of an inverted triangle, and it is tight from shoulder to waist after wearing it. Adjustable lace can tighten a woman's waist to an ideal degree. The matching bottom is very swollen. The ring made of whale bones, rattan or metal wire supports the bell-shaped skirt layer by layer, and is covered with gorgeous fabric reaching the ground, thus forming a magnificent scene when the ladies stroll through the court. Spanish princess Catherine wore this dress when she married King Henry VIII of England. As a result, in the second half of the16th century, corsets and strapless quickly became popular in Europe, and the strangest "slimming movement" in human history began.

The girdle originated in the court. Unofficial history said that Queen Josephine was having an affair. She wrapped a piece of cloth around her abdomen to cover her eyes and ears, but it had the effect of raising her chest. Wearing fashionable low-cut clothes, her breasts were clearly visible, which became a trend for a while. Men think that girding the waist forms a shocking image just to arouse lewdness and lust, but women think it is convenient to display jewelry. On the eve of the appearance of bras, upper-class women were still oppressed by boards, whale bones and leather corsets. If they dare to take off their bras and relax their posture, they will be considered morally pathetic. Working-class women and peasant women can't afford expensive corsets, which will hinder their work. At the historic moment, a cheap corset appeared, with a tie on the chest and no help from a servant. At that time, the upper class had the absolute advantage of leading the trend. Although paul poiret, the inventor of the bra, was devoted to nobility, his wife, who took off her waist, was only regarded as a shocking and ultra-fashionable person, and there were few imitators.

Belt material

Haussan, a clothing historian, specializes in collecting corsets. Among them, 1860 ~ 1870 has the following description: "The material is dark black silk with fine cotton lining. The design is extremely complicated and the stitches are fine. It used 20 whale bones and 140 root belt lines. "

Harm of waist girding to women

Behind the elegant luxury and graceful bee waist of European classical long skirts, there is a bigger bad habit, that is, hurting women's waist. Too tight waist will change people's ribs and bones, leading to death.

Waist girdling provides a "second skeleton" for women, helping them to shape a posture that meets the requirements of the times and status. There is a whale bone, wood, ivory, horn or metal brace in the middle of the French corset to keep it straight. In Europe in the19th century, any dignified woman must wear this kind of corset underwear, and women are oppressed by boards, whale bones and metal bars all day long. Tied tightly from the bottom of the breast to the belly, women are willing to suffer. In order to have a slim figure, they foolishly tied the bandage tightly until a long and deep wound appeared on the rib, which went deep into the skin and even died.

There were many deaths in Europe in the19th century. The ribs were over-squeezed, so the liver was punctured. The most typical scene is reflected in the movie, that is, in Gone with the Wind, Hao Sijia grabbed the bedpost hard and asked the maid to help her narrow her waist.

Waist binding is worse than foot binding. Foot-binding is to break the bones of your toes and step on them for life. Pain will make you miserable, but it won't kill you! Girdling your waist will kill you. Even if you don't use the iron skeleton, a waist-binding tool, you will eventually suffer from malnutrition and anorexia, and many people will die.

In the constant visceral injury, rib deformation and other diseases, women finally chose the latter between slim waist and survival, and the iron corset was abandoned and replaced by Buner corset. At the age of 19 10, the trend of girdling gradually faded, and women's waistlines finally returned to a size more in line with their health.

A movement against girding.

/kloc-in the middle of the 0/8th century, an anti-waist-tightening movement initiated by doctors appeared in Europe, fighting side by side with the anti-wet nurse movement under the banner of science. The famous remark comes from a pamphlet written by a Frenchman named Bono: "Using whale bones to gird the waist leads to the degradation of human species, which goes against the laws of nature, increases the crisis of population decline and deteriorates the quality of men. In other words, a woman is named a pregnant man, but she is punished from the moment she is conceived. " This selfish male view is really annoying, but the goal is the same as that of early feminists. 1876, Ursin, the godmother of American female existentialism, said in an anti-girding speech: "I exist, and my primary role is not my wife or mother, but a woman. I have the right to exist as a woman. New women have the right to wear strong, comfortable and happy clothes. " But no one listened to them. Although girding makes women suffer and conforms to the "seduction principle" of men with erotic meaning, women use sexiness more than men to get ahead. As long as they don't take off their waists, they may be promoted.