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Sociology 161: Gender Socialization & Fashion

Resources on fashion, gender, and social norms.

The S-Bend or Health Corset

The S-Bend or Health Corset

"The New Figure" or the Rise of the S-Bend Corset
Women's Fashion in the 20th Century: 1900-1909
Warner Brothers Corset Factory
"Corset Waists" from Corsets and Close-Fitting Patterns (1920)
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Everything You Need to Know About the Corset (5:19)

Edwardian Health Corsets

Fig12 Normal woman with the Gaches-Sarraute corset

Fig12 "Normal woman with the Gaches-Sarraute corset"

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Effect of a new or abdominal corset.

Effect of a new or abdominal corset.

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Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal , October 1900, contrasting the old Victorian corseted silhouette with the new Edwardian

Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal , October 1900, contrasting the old Victorian corseted silhouette with the new Edwardian "S-bend" corseted silhouette.

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