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Unlacing The Truth About The Corset

Summary by Her Campus
The image is iconic: a pale Victorian lady, gasping for air as her maid tugs at her corset laces. It’s a powerful symbol of oppression, an instrument of torture that supposedly deformed organs and caused widespread fainting. Or is it? This narrative is actually largely a modern fiction. Historians and material culture experts are now unlacing this myth, revealing a story that is far more complex and surprisingly practical! Debunking the “Faintin…
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Her Campus broke the news in on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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