Corset News Archive - 08-Aug-2007
HOW did black lingerie become an erotic symbol? Californian professor of history Jill Fields tackles that question in her book, An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie and Sexuality .
In the whimsical new film Stardust, she plays a celestial body that falls from the heavens and captures mortal hearts. Alwynne Gwilt talks to down-to-earth star Claire Danes
After several years in the shadow of dresses and skirts, trousers may be on the verge of a big fashion moment. Here's how to get to grips with the wide-leg look
Corsets might be a cinch to get into, and are back in style, but there are still some dangers in being tightly laced. Corsets, and their underwear cousins the girdle or slimming garments, are making a comeback. But women need to be aware of their effect.
Remember the advice they used to give mothers-of-the-groom? Show up. Shut up. Wear beige. Well, she's still showing up, but she's not silent anymore. And she's definitely not wearing beige. A low-cut hot-pink number, maybe, but not beige. Weddings, like almost all other customs in 21st-century American society, have had their traditions blasted, recrafted and updated to meet changing times.
It's not easy being queen. Bloomers, a chemise, a bum roll and a corset, a hoop, a bodice, an underskirt and an overskirt. Not to mention the ruff, the crown, the socks and shoes, the snood, the ten necklaces and the 25 rings. For Jessica Eppler, who portrays Queen Elizabeth at this ye...
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes plan to reveal their sexy side with a raunchy nude photo shoot, it has been claimed.
So, how did black lingerie become an erotic symbol? Fresno State history professor Jill Fields tackles that question in a just-published book, An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie and Sexuality.
The sale of a series of letters penned by Einstein and a corset worn by Marilyn Monroe helped boost the performance of Stanley Gibbons, which yesterday reported a 25 per cent rise in profits for the half year.
