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- catalog abstract "This lighthearted book, loaded with historical facts, anecdotes, and images ranging from the hilarious to the sublime, recounts the often surprising history of the many types of garments Western women have worn for support - and seduction. An assemblage of elegant and amusing fashion illustrations, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs reveals the changing shapes of beauty through time. Tightly laced Victorians, Roman athletes, Rubenesque beauties, Mae West, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, and Madonna are all pictured, along with advertisements for every kind of garment imaginable. Far from frivolous, this history of bras and corsets is really the story of women's - and their bodies' - emancipation.".
- catalog alternative "Corsets et soutiens-gorge. English".
- catalog contributor b10505471.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Bras of antiquity -- Medieval breasts, small and molded -- Out of the blue, the breast of Agnès Sorel -- From stiffness to virtue -- Bare breasts of the Revolution -- The triumph of the corest -- The foundations of controversy -- Dog days of the Fin de Siècle -- The Great War against the corsett -- Advances in technology -- Breasts like missle silos -- Foundation garments for the young miss -- The big bang of large cups.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 159).".
- catalog description "This lighthearted book, loaded with historical facts, anecdotes, and images ranging from the hilarious to the sublime, recounts the often surprising history of the many types of garments Western women have worn for support - and seduction. An assemblage of elegant and amusing fashion illustrations, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs reveals the changing shapes of beauty through time. Tightly laced Victorians, Roman athletes, Rubenesque beauties, Mae West, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, and Madonna are all pictured, along with advertisements for every kind of garment imaginable. Far from frivolous, this history of bras and corsets is really the story of women's - and their bodies' - emancipation.".
- catalog extent "159 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0810940868 (clothbound)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Abrams,".
- catalog subject "391.4/2 21".
- catalog subject "Brassieres History.".
- catalog subject "Clothing History.".
- catalog subject "Corsets History.".
- catalog subject "Culture.".
- catalog subject "Décolletage History.".
- catalog subject "GT2075 .F3613 1997".
- catalog subject "Women History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Bras of antiquity -- Medieval breasts, small and molded -- Out of the blue, the breast of Agnès Sorel -- From stiffness to virtue -- Bare breasts of the Revolution -- The triumph of the corest -- The foundations of controversy -- Dog days of the Fin de Siècle -- The Great War against the corsett -- Advances in technology -- Breasts like missle silos -- Foundation garments for the young miss -- The big bang of large cups.".
- catalog title "Corsets et soutiens-gorge. English".
- catalog title "Support and seduction : the history of corsets and bras / by Béatrice Fontanel ; translated from the French by Willard Wood.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".