ok but like
im just thinking about the fact that 'easier' by the crane wives is like exactly zuko's mindset in @oldpotatoe's 'feels like we only go backwards'
I MEAN
So I'll just close my eyes and try
To pretend
That it gets easier
don't mind me just gonna go cry now, peace out homies <3
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Corset or Stays?
Alright as someone who enjoys reading fantasy (typically a historical setting) and someone who loves fashion history I would like to quickly make differences between corsets and stays, what they look like, and bust some quick myths and facts.
(If you know more about this than me please correct me. I'm not a professional, just very passionate)
Stays:
Stays were not the original but were the first well-known "corset" and came before the now well-known "torture device".
Just like its predecessors stays were made to support the bust and typically had a lengthening effect on the torso. They were typically fully boned bodices worn under clothes.
They gave the body the typical cone shape that was desired at the time.
^ Queen Elizabeth 1 funeral stays
Bodies:
In the seventeenth century there was not much of a firm distinction between under and outerwear as we see later when it comes to bodies. So "bodies" could be either outerwear or underwear, it all depended on the woman.
Bodies are a stays-like garment. These are what people think of when they depict a character wearing their "corset" on the outside of their clothes.
Many of these garments have detachable sleeves indicating that the use of this garment was flexible and could be easily manipulated depending on the situation.
^ Bodies with detachable sleeves. Circa 1660-1670
^ 1660s gown recreation
Corsets:
The all-popular torture device that was never actually a torture device. Corsets were to assist in making an hourglass shape but were never the main cause.
Corsets were underwear and laced in the back with clasps at the front.
Many believe that corsets would be constricting, stop breathing, be uncomfortable and be outright horrid to wear but if that was true why did women wear them for so long?
Tightlacing was the main cause of these issues but was never as popular. For a time men noticed that women were fainting and then suddenly stopped. This was because women realised tight lacing sucked.
Additionally, many of these myths came from doctors at the time. These same doctors believed that consuming arsenic was a cure-all. Even men wore corsets!
Everyone wore corsets, the type of corset just depended on how much wealth the person had. Many historical shows and books have that scene where the maid is tightly lacing her mistresses corset and depict it as horrid and uncomfortable when in reality the maid would have been wearing one too.
Overall many historical sources and modern sources have said that corsets are very comfortable and nice to wear.
^ Pink satin corset, Circa, 1890
^ Blue silk Corset, circa 1890
Overall Corsets, Stays, and Bodies were all typically very comfortable and not one to complain about and all look very different. None of them actually made the main shape, layering and padding helped make the illusion of that.
Anyway, here's what i know and please do your own research before you believe a stranger on the internet.
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tged fandom...
PLEASE START TAGGING SPOILERS SOME OF US DONT HAVE THE FAST PASS ON THE WEBTOON OH GOD I AM SO SAD I WAS ACTUALLY FOR ONCE NOT WANTED TO GET SPOILED AND ITS HAPPENED 5 TIMES AUGHAGAGHEHAG
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