Just How Tight Were Corsets?

The Victorian era is notable for several things, and the corset tops that list. The undergarment helped women achieve an hourglass figure with relative ease. However, these days corsets have evolved into training corsets. But if you’ve seen movies like “Bridgerton,” you’ll think they are very uncomfortable.

Rumors have it that they caused internal organs to squish and move. And they were reported to cause fainting. But corsets aren’t that bad. In fact, they had lacing in the back, and users had the option to leave some room to breathe. Tightlacing, on the other hand, involved wearing extremely tight corsets to achieve astonishingly slender waists.