corset

le corset (FR N-M) body covering made of whalebone and laces that narrows the bodice and waist of women. The display or concealment of women's breasts has been a subject of changing fashion for thousands of years. Women of ancient Crete wore corsets that pushed their breasts upward and out, naked. In classical Greece, a wide band of cloth was used to lift and support the breasts. French empress Josephine (1763 – 1814) rejected the corset in favor of a simple chemise under a sheer, revealing…