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 ...

When thinking about the evolution of corsets, my mind immediately pictures three famous people who have flaunted them in recent years. There's burlesque queen Dita Von Teese, Nicole Kidman in Moulin ...

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 ...

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 ...

The perception that our Victorian ancestors were all prudes is overrated. They knew what was going on behind closed doors. And they invented the ubiquitous in-your-face advertising that surrounds us ...