Corselet

In

The English word for the piece of armor comes from cors, an Old French word meaning "

The corselet as an item of women's clothing began to gain popularity in 1914, as a substitute for wearing two separate pieces (a bra with either a girdle or a corset). The bust uplift cups were first introduced in 1933, but did not become common until 1943.^[1][2]

Merry widow

A corselet was released by

The original merry widow was a corselet incorporating slim panels of black, elastic yarn netting. A heavy-duty zipper was inserted behind a velvet-backed hook-and-eye flange, and the entire garment was lined with nylon voile. Nine long, spiral wires were encased in black satin.

Lana Turner, star of the 1952 film adaptation of The Merry Widow, is reported to have said in 1989, "I'm telling you, the merry widow was designed by a man. A woman would never do that to another woman."^[5]

Interval and rebirth

Around 1960,

• A short corselet without garters or shoulder straps, which ends above the waist, is a bustier (covering the bust)
• A long corselet extending over the hips, with or without garters and/or shoulder straps, is a
  torsolette (covering the torso
  )
• A corselet in two parts is a brassiere and a girdle.
• A corselet with a stiff back and laces is a
  corsage
  or a corset.
• A soft corselet is a slip.

Other than apparel

In biology, the term refers to the thorax of an insect, or a protective band of enlarged scales in the shoulder region of a fish.^{[citation needed]}

References

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• Complete corselette pattern or eight section corselette