The Windham Textile and History Museum ‘s exhibit “Unlacing the Corset, Unleashing the Vote” held an opening reception, on Feb 21. The public was invited to enjoy refreshments while viewing the ...

By the early 2010s, the bodycon era was in full swing, fueling a need for tight, smoothing undergarments that create the ...

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 women’s foundation garments in a new ...

BENNINGTON, Vt. -- In 1837, when Susan Dyer Spencer Munro walked down the main street of Shaftsbury, Vt., she wore a coppery corset with a stiff busk in front. No one except Susan (and perhaps her ...

CHASTITY belts aside, when it comes to female body image there are few more potent symbols than that of the corset. The peaks and troughs of its popularity can be charted from the stuffy Victorian era ...

“Date this for me,” challenges Kevin Jones, pointing to a caftan zigzagged with furious streaks of color. Jones, in his office at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, has pulled this wild ...