"An assemblage of elegant and amusing fashion illustrations, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs reveals the changing shapes of beauty through time. Tightly laced Victorians, roman athletes, Rubenesque beauties, Mae West, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, and Madonna are all pictured, along with advertisements for every kind of garment imaginable. Far from frivolous, this history of bras and corsets is really the story of women's - and their bodies' - emancipation." - dust jacket. First published in French in 1992. pp. [8], 9-159, [1]. 220 illustrations, including 60 plates in full color. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this wonderful work.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Support and Seduction: A History of Corsets and Bras

Publisher

Harry N Abrams Inc., Publishers, USA

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0810940868

ISBN 13

9780810940864

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Horst; et al

Edition

First English Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Compressed, uplifted, flattened, and pointed--women's breasts have been subjected to the endless whims of fashion. This lighthearted book, loaded with historical facts and anecdotes and images ranging from the hilarious to the sublime, recounts the often surprising history of the garments Western women have worn for support--and seduction. 220 illustrations, 60 in full color.

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This lighthearted work recounts the often surprising history of the many types of garments Western women have worn for support and seduction. The tale begins in ancient Crete and continues via classical Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the 19th century to the present day.

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