The Corset: A Cultural History - Valerie Steele Florence: Palazzo Pitti

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The Corset: A Cultural History - Valerie Steele Florence: Palazzo PittiSTEELE, Valerie. The Corset: A Cultural History. Small 4to. 199pp with colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Paper wraps. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. The corset is probably the most controversial garment in the history of fashion. Although regarded as an essential element of fashionable dress from the Renaissance into the twentieth century, the corset was also frequently condemned as an instrument of torture and the cause of ill health.