Women's Studies 2164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Regency Architecture, Moral Turpitude, Anne Hollander

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2164A
• Professor: Olson

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The chest: this history of the chest is as much about its suppression (attempt to look more flat- chested) as its augmentation (more busty) Jean-paul gaultier brought this about in collaboration with madonna on her blonde ambition tour where she wore traditional underwear as exhibitionist outerwear with an exuberantly sexual persona. At least one of her male dancers also wore a cone-shaped bra (they were still (cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)e looki(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:449)e(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t wearing drag: today, push-up bras, underwire, gel or foam inserts. It was a practice that meant different things to different women at different times: some women likely found them uncomfortable, but corsets also had many positive connotations. Although they were uncomfortable, it was the thing to do at the time: the first true corsets were seen in 16th century spain or italy. They could be engraved or decorated in some way: the corset either laced up at the front or the back in this period.