{"id":64,"date":"2000-01-25T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2000-01-25T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/timeline\/?p=64"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:42:35","slug":"the-corset-fashioning-the-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/the-corset-fashioning-the-body\/","title":{"rendered":"The Corset: Fashioning the Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/corset-install.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/corset-install.jpg 800w, https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/corset-install-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/corset-install-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/the-corset.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2008\/02\/exhibition-webpage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"54\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe corset was one of the sexiest items of clothing in the history of fashion &#8212; and one of the most controversial. Like the high-heeled shoe, it is viewed as both an icon of erotic femininity and an instrument of women&#8217;s oppression. The Museum at FIT examined the social and cultural significance of the corset throughout fashion history in the exhibition <em>The Corset: Fashioning the Body<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Curated by Valerie Steele, chief curator at The Museum at FIT, the exhibition included approximately 100 corsets and corset-inspired fashions, as well as archival photographs, posters, books, caricatures, and advertisements that document the evolution of corsetry. More than the typical display of &#8220;historic costume,&#8221; this exhibition explored the social-psychology of clothing. By showing how corsets have fashioned the ideal body and by presenting a wide variety of different kinds of corsets, the exhibition brilliantly demonstrated how the meaning of clothing is constantly being redefined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/The-Corset-A-Cultural-History_Book-Cover-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/The-Corset-A-Cultural-History_Book-Cover-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/exhibitions-timeline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2000\/01\/The-Corset-A-Cultural-History_Book-Cover.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300099539\/corset\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Corset: A Cultural History<\/em><\/a> by Valerie Steele, Yale University Press, 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The corset was one of the sexiest items of clothing in the history of fashion &#8212; and one of the most controversial. Like the high-heeled shoe, it is viewed as both an icon of erotic femininity and an instrument of women&#8217;s oppression. 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