Wearing a corset in an era marked by body positivity and self-love


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It's a rather strange paradox in an era in which the body's freedom and sovereignty has never been more in focus. Photo: 123rf

It seems impossible at first to imagine a comeback for the corset in an era marked by body positivity and self-love, but the garment hailing from European courts of the Middle Ages is making a comeback in forms that exalt the body without constraining it.

We all remember the scene from Titanic in which Rose (Kate Winslet) is aggressively laced into her corset by her mother, making her seem both literally and figuratively restricted.

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