In 1908, a doctor used X-rays to highlight the damaging effects of tight corsets on a woman's body. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

For much of the past century, when people thought "corset," it was likely that the first image that popped into their head was Scarlett O'Hara getting her corset laces tugged and tightened while ...

Twenty-seven-year-old Kelly Lee Dekay practices tight-lacing, a method that modifies ones body shape by constantly wearing a tightly-laced corset. She's worn said corset for seven years, thus ...

Rebecca Shepherd receives funding from the EPSRC and the FCDO. Kim Kardashian has served up controversial Met Gala looks for over a decade. Every year, her waist seems to shrink further in ever ...

There is a trope in a lot of period dramas wherein an aristocratic woman turns her back to her maid or someone who otherwise hates her, who then bends her over a chaise lounge or powder table to ...

The ideal of what a woman's body should look like has changed dramatically over time and varies by culture. One of the most well-known historical attempts at changing a woman's body shape -- corseting ...

WEST HILLS (CBSLA.com) — Many women are lacing up corsets in order to lose weight and get a more shapely figure. Karilyn Gonzales, of Whittier, told CBS2's Lisa Sigell that she's a believer in what ...