Above: Fabiola Beracasa - Style.com
Below: Antonio Berardi Spring 2010 Image - Style.com
One category of clothing I haven't considered seriously ever is the corset. However, Spring 2010 is showing lingerie as a key item. More on underwear as outerwear here. Swapping out the LBD for a great pair of tailored black pants with a corset that is a lady-like, but not too costumey or burlesque-ish. Cheap fabric, over done details and the finished product reads as a bit Fredrick's of Hollywood. Fine for the bedroom - not so great for the boardroom. think Dolce & Gabbana and John Galliano.
Yesterday in People's Style Watch, a Rebecca Minkoff corset caught my eye.
I can't find the image, but if you go to her website and click on apparel it's the 7th look in. The color blocking on the top with straps makes it very modern and easy to wear with a bra. Very cute with just about everything - a skirts, jeans, chinos, a blazer for more conservative occasions.
A bit of history: some attribute corsets to Catherine de' Medici, wife of King Henry II of France. She enforced a ban on thick waists at court attendance during the 1550s. Hilarious, I can just hear her...there will be no fat girls in my presence. For nearly 350 years, women's primary means of support was the corset, with laces and stays made of whalebone or metal. Other researchers have found evidence of the use of corsets in early Crete.
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