5/18/2023 0 Comments The Corset by Valerie Steele![]() The corset dictates the way in which one behaves movements are restricted and posture is refined. For Pearl, corsetry is representative of control and the discipline one needs to wear such a garment. Mr Pearl, a renowned tight-lacer, is quoted within Steele’s book in stating that he does not wear corsets in an attempt to be like a woman. The desire to be submissive toward a dominant woman is certainly an interesting concept in relation to male corsetry however, it is much too limiting a view to take when considering the complexities of corset-wearing in the modern era. ![]() She details how, historically, many men would borrow their wife of sister’s corset and thus ask to be laced into it. Steele first discusses a common theme amongst male corset-wearers: the underlying sense of masochistic pleasure derived from the restrictions of tight-lacing. In exaggerating the typically idealised ‘hour-glass’ silhouette it becomes almost unfathomable to think of the male body in relation to these traditionally feminised proportions.Īs Valerie Steele argues in her book Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power however, corsetry and the male body have a long and interesting history. ![]() The corset acted as a means to drastically cinch the waist, lift and enlarge the bust as well as operating as a means to contour the hip and natural curve of the female body. ![]() The hyper-feminised silhouette produced as a result of corsetry is not one often associated with the notion of a male wearer. ![]()
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