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@JuliaRez Yeah, Victorian corset designs are ace

The one that my current goto pattern evolved from is like, 1895 iirc. Once I got it fitted to my bodyshape it's very comfortable.

To be clear I don't think these corset tops I'm seeing around are meant to be structural at all, it's entirely a decorative/aesthetic thing, I think.

@JuliaRez I too am struggling to find photos of the corset tops I mean, because Google is a hive of bad AI photo-edits now.

@JuliaRez Like, if you make the neckline just a touch more modern and get rid of the flaps, you can very easily see a line from both of these sorts of shapes (cut-out bottom hem & more curved dip at the front) to contemporary corset tops.

There are corset tops shaped like modern/modern-ish corsets too, but these are the ones that make me go "Oooh, I thought you were extinct, hi!"

(Now I want a Coelocanth Corset)

https://reconstructinghistory.com/cdn/shop/products/RH203frontcover.jpg?v=1631019773

@JuliaRez ok I was rlly depressed last week but like belatedly this sort of thing with the mega-deep plunge on the bottom hem, cutouts at the hips and no regard for tits is very big Elizabethan fashion vibes

Women's fashion is a wild time to be a historical costume nerd atm

Like, everything old is new, yadda yadda. But 'old-ass Elizabethan corsets/stays as crop-tops' was not even remotely on my 2020s bingo card

@kurrikage that suit is fantastic

@LexYeen 'The purpose of a system is what it does'

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the closest we've gotten to a film adaptation of The Power Broker

That extremely trans experience where you can end up taking a Community Elder role in conversations to people twice your age.

@lioness As an ace person I'm getting a novel joy in being the height of corruption kink

@Leucrotta yes, absolutely