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Life in Paris during the Belle Epoque saw the buttoned-up 19th century step aside for a more carefree Modernism. Forward-thinking and well-connected fashion designer Paul Poiret seized the moment. The self-appointed King of Fashion, who started his career at Paris' House of Worth, discarded the corset in 1906 for loose, flowing shapes, including Empire-waist dresses and Middle Eastern caftans. His clothes received a rapturous reception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rediscovered | 5/29/2007 | See Source »

Exactly what kind of “video” isn’t specified, but given that the cover photo features a woman in a corset draped over a chaise and wearing an expression that says, “Just look what this top does for my breasts,” one could imagine that Steffans’ videos come in plastic wrappers. I wonder what the “bonus materials inside” could...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER: Mao, Mammaries, and Margaritaville | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

Still unsatsified, Frommer keeps bargain-hunting in the Habitat for Humanity donation bin, fashioning a corset from her finds...

Author: By Emily C. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Designer: Maya E. Frommer '07 | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...next morning, Frommer has revamped her corset. However, the ruffled layers of her skirt aren’t coming together. “What the hell is going on with my sewing machine? This is not the time...

Author: By Emily C. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Designer: Maya E. Frommer '07 | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...Large Bettie Page Red Whip Cloth Wall Banner; for $6.99, a Bettie Page Don't Tread on Me Metal Candle Tin & Candle, which "features an image of Bettie Page in red lingerie and licking a whip." Who'll bid $19.99 for the Bettie Page Retro Cincher Corset Lot? ("Bring out your inner Bettie!") Or a Bettie Page wristwatch "and the band is made of genuine leather." It'd better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Garbo of Bondage | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

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