Corset

When Disney released its first animated film, “Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves”, it became an instant classic. Since then, the cheery chirpy version of the story is what has stayed in the hearts and minds of young readers. The story is based off of the Grimm Brother’s version of the tale; although by no means the oldest version of the story, it is the most popular version known by readers today. However, although the image of the Disney version is bright, even the cleaned up version written by…

difference was quite wide (Roberts 555). The woman wore large heavy gowns with extensive undergarments causing great physical stress to their bodies due to the weight of the clothing. One primitive example would be the corset which was extremely popular during this time period. The corset was used to shape woman’s bodies to a much more slender figure; however, the body endured major side effects.…

“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” (Pettinger 1) This quote, said by Coco Chanel, shows that if people do not want to be replaced, they have to be unique. When Coco was young, her mother died and her father ran away which resulted in her having to live in an orphanage. When she was 17, she was taught to be a seamstress by the nuns that raised her (Haute Couture Anarchist 1). Chanel observed how women had to be uncomfortable to be attractive and that simple activities…

A Look into Royalty’s Life Life is luxurious for royalty. Rooms in medieval castles are filled with the finest furniture made of the most exquisite materials of the time. Servants use various methods to prepare feasts fit for a king. Lords and ladies wear exotic furs and jewelry displaying their wealth to the peasants below them. Perhaps one of the best ways to look into the life of royalty is to start where their day begins and ends. The bedroom. There are dark wooden doors in an arched…

An early modern dancer, a revolutionary lighting technician, and an ardent queer feminist, Loie Fuller presented the female body in new and freeing ways. Her work de-gendered and hid the female body and, by doing so empowered it. Through her work, Fuller established the female body as a source of power; yet it is consistently degendered and/or oversexualized in dance scholarship because of its physical invisibility and imagery on the stage. I want to discuss the ways in which both of these…

With the story of the middle Ages or better known as the medieval times comes a life of trickery, evil, pleasure, death, war, and religion. The era in which this life began was around AD. 500. This time period lasted until about AD. 1500. One thousand years past by quickly as people were fascinated by the new things they were exploring and creating. There were many different lifestyles that arose during this period. The roles played in the Middle Ages were unique. The clothing was extravagant.…

historical events. Europe was suffering after the losses of the WWI and people had to change their lives according to the historical reality. The mood of European citizens was reflected in the clothes they wore. After the years of strict Victorian style -corsets, petticoats fashion finally became more bright, relaxed and variable. At that time such designers as Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli pushed social movements in their own way. Coco Chanel made a huge revolution in 1920s fashion by…

Back in the 1800's, women used to wear corsets which were both painful and parlous. They brought more attention to the hips, breasts, and buttocks all while making her waist tinier. Some measurements girls may want are impossible to uphold without surgery or depriving themselves of food. "Given…

with bigger and more glamorous rooms for my sister when she became queen. I have changed a great deal over the six months that I have been at the palace. I have filled out in my bosom and my hips, but I was kept small in the waist by a tightly laced corset. I have groan accustomed to the outrageous and heavy costumes of the court, and have made it my signature to wear shades of mint and lime. The sound of our heals on the hard floor echoed in the cavern of a room. We stopped in front of the…

many layers which made, “it both difficult for woman to dress and undress by herself and time consuming,” (Radek). The difficulty of something as simple as changing clothes reflects how women were socially constrained, especially when the corset is introduced. Corsets were tight and uncomfortable while accentuating a woman’s breasts and waist. This reflects how men ultimately controlled women and their sexuality. Throughout Ibsen’s play, he portrays these gender stereotypes. The women in the…