Erect Form Corsets advertisement, The Newest Erect Form, Weingarten Bros. – Antique Print
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Step back in time with Erect Form Corsets advertisement, The Newest Erect Form, Weingarten Bros., a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Erect Form Corsets advertisement, The Newest Erect Form, Weingarten Bros.
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Weingarten Bros. put "The Newest Erect Form" at the center of this advertisement for Erect Form corsets, a product that promised to hold the body in a straight, upright line rather than the curved silhouette of earlier decades. Corsets of this kind were sold as both a fashion necessity and a mark of respectability, and ads like this one spoke directly to women who wanted to keep up with changing styles. The turn of the twentieth century was a period when the corset was being reshaped by new ideas about health and posture, and the image of a rigid, straight-fronted figure reflects that shift. The piece is worth reading as a record of how the female form was marketed as something to be engineered.
| Original scan | 627 × 894 px |
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| Reference | 38 |
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