fashionrevealed: Look at that narrow waistline.   Not so long ago men strove to have narrow waists, just as women did, and would take measures that today most of the western world would think of as very bizarre. Men wore corsets. Check back tomorrow for some examples! Suit, ca. 1830-1840. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

fashionrevealed:

Look at that narrow waistline.  

Not so long ago men strove to have narrow waists, just as women did, and would take measures that today most of the western world would think of as very bizarre.

Men wore corsets.

Check back tomorrow for some examples!

Suit, ca. 1830-1840.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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