Sarah A. Chrisman readily admits she’d far rather live in Victorian times — specifically 1889 — than the modern era. When her similarly historically-focused husband gave her a corset for her 29th ...

From restrictive corsets to bold power suits, women’s fashion has evolved alongside social change - transforming clothing from symbols of limitation into expressions of authority, confidence and ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Heads have been whipping around at Sarah Chrisman for years now. But for Barbara Walters and her cohosts on the ABC-TV talk show “The View,” this Port Townsend woman was a bit of a ...

When thinking about the evolution of corsets, my mind immediately pictures three famous people who have flaunted them in recent years. There's burlesque queen Dita Von Teese, Nicole Kidman in Moulin ...

Medical doctors almost uniformly expressed concern that tight lacing was not healthful, there doesn’t appear to be a thoroughly documented death caused by the fashion. In the autumn of 1888, Mrs.

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Recreate Margot Robbie’s press tour looks with these romantic silhouettes.