Sarah A. Chrisman readily admits she’d far rather live in Victorian times — specifically 1889 — than the modern era. When her similarly historically-focused husband gave her a corset for her 29th ...
Gender fluidity in high fashion is nothing new, although it’s been particularly prominent in recent collections. But as the avant-garde filters down into the culture — and street-level culture creeps ...
Sarah Chrisman never wanted to wear a corset, but after her husband gave her one for her 29th birthday, she says the old-fashioned undergarment changed her life. "It was actually a moment of great ...
The corset is to nudity what foreplay is to sex. No other garment is so erotic because none has as loaded an effect on the female form. And few garments are so controversial; every century attacks it ...
PARIS - After skirts, make-up and pantyhose for men, the corset, onetime symbol of women's oppression, might be the next big thing for fashion-conscious males. Young Parisian corset maker Sylvain ...
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — The dream of the 1890s is alive here. In Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman's Victorian home, there are three high-wheel bicycles and a tricycle, a Perfection kerosene heater, an icebox ...
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