What ‘Bridgerton’ gets wrong about corsets, history’s most maligned undergarment
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Women of the past had agency over their bodies and how they were dressed, a fact that is routinely ignored in popular representation.
When you think of a corset, you might imagine period drama dames sucking in as they cling onto a bedpost as a feisty lady’s maid aggressively laces them in. Netflix’s hot Regency-inspired drama Bridgerton features similar such tortuous scenes.