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. There is a clothing historian named Hausang, who specializes in corsets. Among them, the corset made by 1860 ~ 1870 is described as follows: "The material is dark black silk with fine cotton lining. The design is extremely complicated and the stitches are fine. Twenty whale bones and 140 lacing thread were used.
Evolutionary history
Ancient underwear refers to corsets and waist cloth, or something like that. People knead rectangular cloth into layers of folds, which is the style of clothes in ancient Mediterranean. From 1580 to 1600, one kind of iron tights is considered as the earliest popular tights, but people are more inclined to believe that it is used to correct deformed spine. [Metal Tight Underwear] 1600 or so
From the seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, with the continuous rationalization of human behavior, the connotation of tight underwear has gradually changed. It seems that this rationalization and connection has led to the criticism of "hypocritical artificial fashion" by the whole society, including the criticism of corset. In 1970s, another kind of "tight underwear" quietly rose among fashionable French women. It consists of two small bras with linen lining and no bone lining, which is very convenient to wear. You can tie it to your chest with a string or belt. Silk pink corset with sleeves, 1660- 1670
Corsets, skirts and underwear. 1760- 1780
In the18th century, in the 1990s, people invented neoclassical women's long skirts with high waists. Although this kind of long skirt can and often is used with a long waist, it seems that a short and wide waist is more suitable. 1907- 19 10 years, the profile of fashionable busts gradually straightened, the waist became loose, but the hips became tight. A slim young woman only needs a bra and an unlined corset. This combination is called "Tango Tight Underwear", which is very elastic. Until about 19 19, most tight underwear still has two separate bra cups in front and tightened at the back.
Mass production of "beautiful servant" tight underwear, 1880
Tight underwear made of blue satin, waist circumference 1890, is a specific aesthetic concept in a specific historical period, but this aesthetic concept, like foot-binding in ancient China, has irreparable consequences.
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. This is the design principle of plastic underwear for hundreds of years. Most of the braces are made by professional craftsmen and engraved with love poems, which are the objects of men's love, boudoir poems and popular dramas. If a woman takes out the brace of a bra and holds it in her hand, it will be considered frivolous and bold flirting. 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.
/kloc-in Europe in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, many people died because of waist binding, and the ribs were over-compressed, thus puncturing the liver. The most typical scene is reflected in the movie, that is, Scarlett, the heroine in Gone with the Wind, grabs the bedpost hard and asks the maid to help her tie her waist a little thinner.
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. /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.
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 you don't take off your waist, you may be promoted to the upper level.