So, sportswear companies are selling “corsets” now. Let’s investigate.
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[1] The Sioux County Journal. Harrison, Nebraska, 13 Feb. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2018270201/1896-02-13/ed-1/seq-3/
[2] "Ferris Athletic Waist." General Federation Bulletin, vol. V, no. 9, 1908. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, link.gale.com/apps/doc/VCEHOF269928254/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=3c519e8c. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021.
[3] "Corset Cover". The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1908 - 1914.
[4] For a mid-1890s passage that describes the new cycling corsets "which in reality are riding corsets". Birmingham age-herald. Birmingham, AL, 11 June 1895. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020639/1895-06-11/ed-1/seq-5/. Image: The Salt Lake herald. Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 Dec. 1895. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1895-12-29/ed-1/seq-10/
[5] Cycling corset: Evening bulletin. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, 28 Oct. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1896-10-28/ed-1/seq-6/
[6] Containing a description of the ideal athletic corset having "material com[ing] low down over the hips": Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska, 17 Jan. 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1909-01-17/ed-1/seq-27/ Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.
[7] No material on the hips at all: Home Notes. "The KHIVA Corselet". Home Notes, vol. IV, 10 November, 1894, p. 116. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=Bzq2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=khiva+corset&source=bl&ots=_dt0xShah_&sig=ACfU3U193dKZTEz1WVBycwQ-KmSFmwzzqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2nOXClIXuAhXvGFkFHRmeBLUQ6AEwC3oECAQQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false. Accessed 5 January, 2021.
[8] Straps: Home Notes. "The KHIVA Corselet". Home Notes, vol. IV, 10 November, 1894, p. 116. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=Bzq2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=khiva+corset&source=bl&ots=_dt0xShah_&sig=ACfU3U193dKZTEz1WVBycwQ-KmSFmwzzqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2nOXClIXuAhXvGFkFHRmeBLUQ6AEwC3oECAQQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false. Accessed 5 January, 2021.
[9] No straps: "Multiple Display Advertisements." The Designer and the Woman's Magazine, vol. IV, no. 3, 1896. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PXLAFZ716201010/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=71353d5a. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.
[10] Lacing at the back: "Ferris Waists." The Designer and the Woman's Magazine, vol. XXIX, no. 6, 1909, p. 425. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, link.gale.com/apps/doc/UGZDOC226648529/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=9e7adc6b. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021.
[11] Buttons at the front: "Ferris Athletic Waist." General Federation Bulletin, vol. V, no. 9, 1908. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, link.gale.com/apps/doc/VCEHOF269928254/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=3c519e8c. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021.
[12] Boning structure: The Sioux County Journal. Harrison, Nebraska, 13 Feb. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2018270201/1896-02-13/ed-1/seq-3/
[13] Home Notes. "The KHIVA Corselet". Home Notes, vol. IV, 10 November, 1894, p. 116. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=Bzq2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=khiva+corset&source=bl&ots=_dt0xShah_&sig=ACfU3U193dKZTEz1WVBycwQ-KmSFmwzzqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2nOXClIXuAhXvGFkFHRmeBLUQ6AEwC3oECAQQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false. Accessed 5 January, 2021.
[14] "Corset circa 1890" in the John Bright Collection. https://www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/corset/
[15] Passage examples for "without causing pressure or limiting movement": Juno. "Fashion Letters from a Fashionable Woman." The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXXVI, no. 928, 1908, p. 518+. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, [l](http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IFUPMN071883766/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=a8df9a0d)ink.gale.com/apps/doc/IFUPMN071883766/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=a8df9a0d. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021. Evening Bulletin. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, 28 Oct. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1896-10-28/ed-1/seq-6/
[16] Symington Corset Pattern 1906-7. Ref no. 18712 https://imageleicestershire.org.uk/view-item?key=RHsiRCI6IlwiU3ltaW5ndG9uIENvcnNldCBQYXR0ZXJuc1wiIGNvbnNpc3RzIG9mIHRoZXNlIEl0ZW1zIiwiTiI6MTA5LCJPIjpudWxsLCJQIjp7InR5cGUiOiJmb3J3YXJkIiwicmVsYXRpb25faWQiOjEsIml0ZW1faWQiOiIxODY5NyJ9fQ&pg=15&WINID=1610494729833#rK3PbvVLOEMAAAF2-PdN-g/18712.
[17] "Every Woman's Encyclopædia". London, ca 1910-12. https://archive.org/details/everywomansencyc02londuoft/page/866/mode/2up. [18] "Cotton Industry, Preston". 1920. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cotton-industry-preston-1920-online