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corset

Orthopedics A device that encircles and supports the trunk or vertebral column, which may be used for trauma or for congenital deformities of the spine. See Milwaukee brace.

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I did find the zipper-fastened corset fits a little tighter of the two styles, causing me to have to order one size up.

DENE ADAMS CORSETS: Solving the concealment conundrum for women

An 1880s advert illustrates a fashionable corset. In those days, manufacturers shamelessly claimed that Royalty endorsed their products.

Of corset was all so different; MERSEYSIDE TALES

She said: "When I have my corset on, it makes me feel so sexy.

Waisting away

To most people the very notion of wearing a corset seems odd.

Magic Fit Is Pleased To Announce Its New Line of Waist Training Corsets

The reality star posted a video on Twitter explaining the origins of the outfit for those who believed she dressed her daughter in constricting corset. "I would never put my daughter in a corset!

Kim Kardashian Explains Fashion Choice On Twitter

A restrictive 1890s whalebone and cotton corset at the exhibition features a waist under 19 inches in circumference and is shown alongside X-rays and illustrations revealing the dramatic impact on the body of wearing such a garment.

Go undie-cover at the V&A; MARION MCMULLEN prepares for a briefs encounter as a new exhibition uncovers the history of underwear

She made her own corset and then went on to pursue her love of period costume by researching Victorian era clothes.

WE'VE GOT SEWING DARN TO A FINE ART; LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL Making clothes is back in style, helped by TV shows such as the Great British Sewing Bee and a backlash against the throwaway fashion culture. MARIA CROCE talks to two women who have made sewing their business

So far she's achieved a tiny 16-inch waist with the corset on, (22 inches without).

COR(SET) BLIMEY; SUNDAY EXTRAORDINARY REAL LIFE In a bid to get the smallest waist in the world, Michele Kobke endures pain and health issues..

Taylor Lane Designs, a manufacturer of women's tops with corset foundations, has a team of skilled professionals who run and manage all of the designing, drafting, patterning, grading, embroidery, and construction.

Taylor Lane Designs Relaunches with New Custom Options for Stores

NEW YORK -- From a 1770 corset to a 2014 bra-and-panty set in lacy stretch silk, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has put the focus on lingerie and ladies foundation garments in a new exhibition.

Corsets to Wonderbras; New York museum takes on lingerie

14 ( ANI ): Experts have warned that corsets are coming back in fashion thanks to the latest diet fad, called the 'corset diet', which though helps in curbing one's food intake, is dangerous.

Why 'corset diet' can be harmful for your health

Actr ess Jessica Alba, who turns 32 on Sunday, wore a double corset to get back in shape after the birth of her first daughter Honor, now four years old.