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Reviewed on March 1, 2002
Throughout history, the human body has undergone some drastic reshaping. Appliances such as bustles, neck-extending chokers, corset stays, and even codpieces have been a fact of life since the beginning of time and in every corner of the globe. This catalog, based on a recent Costume Institute exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum, does a wonderful job of illustrating this obsession. Images were garne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More