Corsets and bustier's have a long and eventful history and are often tied up in all sorts of myth and folklore about their oppressive nature.

Subjugation was the initially intended purpose of this gregarious garment. Lampooned by royalty with both sexes partaking in wearing them, a steel corset was the fashionable item worn around the 17^th century, with steel and wooden rods being inserted into a bodice.

It seems corsets have been used forever in order to shape and re-figure a woman's body. They allow you to appear slimmer and shapely as well as supporting the back and the breasts.