@fozmeadows Esp in connection to the corseted=powerful image in BDSM circles, then used in goth/punk (Westwood was punk) as rebellion.
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@fozmeadows All of which get imported into steampunk naturally enough.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows Oh, and the stiff corset was replaced by the muscled body as a sign of sexiness/discipline/beauty.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows There's a whole history of anatomo-politics attached to the corset, which is p cool.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows Also, Madonna's corset costume, with the pointy boobs, has come up in two of the three corset-history texts I've seen so far.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows Valerie Steel, The Corset: A Cultural History Leigh Summers, Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows And this one I'm currently reading, David Kunzle, Fashion & Fetishism: Corsets, Tight-Lacings, & Other Forms of Body Sculpture1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@fozmeadows This last one fascinatingly also covers neckwear as a form of body-sculpture. Culturally-sanctioned, gendered body sculpture.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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