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A corselette from 1953
The inside of a Corselette
A corselet or corselette is type of foundation garment which is a brassiere and girdle in one. It will sometimes have lace in front or in the back. The name is a taken from the word corset with the diminutive "-ette".
It is also the name of a piece of body armor for the torso, and it usually consists of a breastplate and back piece.
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The missing-link between corset and corselette from 1914
A corselette from 1932.
The corselette began to replace the corset in 1914 as a substitute for wearing two separate pieces, such as a corset and a brassiere or a girdle and a brassiere.
The bust uplift cups were first used in 1933, but came to common use in 1943. Bust Uplifts http://en.wikisource.orgSpirella_Catalogue_%281933%29
In 1955 a corselette by Warner\'s was released and named after The Merry Widow, an operetta from 1905 that later became a Hollywood movie.ISBN 071794252X This new merry widow featured demi-cups and a shorter girdle compared to its predecessors.
The original merry widow foundation garment was also a corselette that incorporated slim panels of black elastic yarn net. A heavy-duty zipper was inserted behind a velvet-backed hook-and-eye flange, and the whole garment was lined with nylon voile. Nine long spiral wires were cased in black satin.
Lana Turner is quoted as having said, "I am telling you, the merry widow was designed by a man. A woman would never do that to another woman."
To this day, "merry widow" is the generic term for a corselette bra in the United States. This type of lingerie is also known as a torsolette, and is used in bridal lingerie, similar to the bustier.
About 1960, tights and trousers began to replace corselettes. But, from about 1975 to the present day, Maidenform and other mainstream lingerie and undergarment manufacturers have sold corselettes as "control slips".
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