Talk:Ribbon corset

Haabet again
Haabet, you've been mucking with this article without consulting anyone else. You don't speak English -- you can't take a perfectly good English word, like waist-cincher, and change it to "ribbon corset", which is a term I have never ever seen in English! I'll be consulting admins as to how to change this back. Zora 09:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Aargh, I've looked and ribbon corset was a term used from 1900 to 1910 or so. However, waist-cincher is ALSO a perfectly good term. Waist-cinchers were popular in the 1950s. You can't just replace one term by another. You've also added your mangled prose. Pfft. Zora 09:36, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Fetishism??
Is it just me, or is the fetishism section decidedly NOT about fetishism? There's a large paragraph on biological aspects of corsets and then a sentence on the appeal of an hourglass figure. If I think of a more appropriate title, I'll change it; if not, will someone else, please? JordeeBec 18:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * This article needs a good working over. I just haven't had time for it. Haabet, who is obsessed with corsets and can't read or write English very well, merged two articles and then munged them. This article should be renamed Waist cincher, and all the material on "ribbon corsets" removed. I read extensively in 19th century English literature and I have never run across any references to a "ribbon corset". If this phrase had ever been used, it would have been in ads from some lingerie manufacturer. Zora 22:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Google have 21.600 for "Ribbon corset" I have also a patent of a corset of Ribbons. The danish Kjoleliv is not a corset. Håbet 17:42, 7 May 2006 (UTC) - Text from Corset

''Note! Many garments sold as "corsets" during recent years are not technically corsets in the traditional sense. While modern "corsets" and "corset tops" often feature lacing and/or boning and generally mimic a historical style of corsets, they have very little if any effect on the shape of the wearer's body. Example: Ribbon corset and Corsage.

''In recent years, the term "corset" has also been borrowed by the fashion industry to refer to tops which, to varying degrees, mimic the look of traditional corsets without actually acting as one; such tops are frequently seen in stores which cater to fans of Gothic and Punk fashions. Many such tops feature lacing or boning and are fairly tight-fitting; however, genuine corsets are usually made for the individual wearer by corsetmakers.''

Corsets in the traditional sense of a garment meant to reshape the body should ideally be fitted especially for the wearer by a recommend experienced corsetmaker.


 * This page is about a type false corset.≈≈≈≈