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* In the Creator/TimBurton ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', Alice refuses to wear a corset as an act of rebellion.
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* In the Creator/TimBurton ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'': Alice refuses to wear a corset as an act of rebellion.
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* One of Creator/NataliePortman's costumes in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' included a corset (specifically the one she's wearing in the "{{aggressive negotiations}}" scene). Portman mentioned on one of the DVD featurettes that she wanted to finish filming the scenes involving it quickly because she had trouble breathing.
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* ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': One of Creator/NataliePortman's costumes in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' included a corset (specifically the one she's wearing in the "{{aggressive negotiations}}" scene).scene) included a corset. Portman mentioned on one of the DVD featurettes that she wanted to finish filming the scenes involving it quickly because she had trouble breathing.
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* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drizella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things. In a bit of ShownTheirWork, Charles Perrault mentions the sisters using laces (and even starving themselves) to get nice figures for the ball.
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* ''Film/Cinderella2015'': A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' scene has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drizella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things. In a bit of ShownTheirWork, Charles Perrault mentions the sisters using laces (and even starving themselves) to get nice figures for the ball.
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* In ''Film/TheDuchess'', during the wedding-night scene when Georgiana is being undressed by her new husband, we see that she's wearing her corset over bare skin (which reveals a set of painful-looking welts when the corset is removed). This is incorrect, as corsets were (and are) properly worn over a protective garment of some sort (usually a chemise) to protect the wearer from just such injuries.
* In ''Film/EnolaHolmes'', Enola was raised by a feminist mother who didn't make her wear corsets. While she's able to wear a normal corset without any problems and is even able to fight off an attacker in one (in a case of ShownTheirWork, as regular corsets weren't that restrictive), the finishing school she's sent to insists on lacing her much too tightly for waist training, which is shown to be quite painful.
* In ''Film/EnolaHolmes'', Enola was raised by a feminist mother who didn't make her wear corsets. While she's able to wear a normal corset without any problems and is even able to fight off an attacker in one (in a case of ShownTheirWork, as regular corsets weren't that restrictive), the finishing school she's sent to insists on lacing her much too tightly for waist training, which is shown to be quite painful.
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* In ''Film/TheDuchess'', during ''Film/TheDuchess'': During the wedding-night scene when Georgiana is being undressed by her new husband, we see that she's wearing her corset over bare skin (which reveals a set of painful-looking welts when the corset is removed). This is incorrect, as corsets were (and are) properly worn over a protective garment of some sort (usually a chemise) to protect the wearer from just such injuries.
*In ''Film/EnolaHolmes'', ''Film/EnolaHolmes'': Enola was raised by a feminist mother who didn't make her wear corsets. While she's she is able to wear a normal corset without any problems and is even able to fight off an attacker in one (in a case of ShownTheirWork, as regular corsets weren't that restrictive), one, the finishing school she's sent to insists on lacing her much too tightly for waist training, which is shown to be quite painful.painful. The former is a case of ShownTheirWork, as regular corsets weren't that restrictive, as well as the fact that she purchased the corset in a women's boutique, where it was likely laced by a professional dresser (as opposed to the school teachers who may have been unfamiliar with the correct procedure).
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': Scarlet insists on her dress being as tight as possible. She comments on how it wasn't quite tight enough when she started losing the feeling in her legs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': Scarlet insists on her dress being as tight as possible. She comments on how it wasn't quite tight enough when she started losing the feeling in her legs.
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While 18th century stays are different from what came afterwards, the term "stays" was consistently used interchangeably with "corsets" from the 19th century onwards.
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Corsets can be painful. Squeezing four or more inches from your waist in order to get that [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure perfect figure]]? Dear god, woman, that must be torture--however will you be able to breathe? This perception has been carried into fiction: if corsetry is mentioned in a period drama, it is often in the form of a woman's complaint about the pain caused by being squeezed--usually against her will--into the garment, and she often [[{{Fainting}} faints]] from the restrictions. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, creators have taken to using the physical constriction provided by corsets as an allegory for the societal constriction women faced in the past; when a woman complains about her corset, she's actually complaining about how she's oppressed by society's norms. It's a common complaint of the SpiritedYoungLady.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science). But it should be noted that the studies on the supposed danger of corsets were made in the 19th century, and sometimes corsets are used for medical purposes in spinal injuries.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science). But it should be noted that the studies on the supposed danger of corsets were made in the 19th century, and sometimes corsets are used for medical purposes in spinal injuries.
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Corsets can be painful. Squeezing four or more inches from your waist in order to get that [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure perfect figure]]? Dear god, woman, that must be torture--however will you be able to breathe? This perception has been carried into fiction: if corsetry is mentioned in a period drama, it is often in the form of a woman's complaint about the pain caused by being squeezed--usually against her will--into the garment, garment.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature--some medically sound, most not, andshe much of it seemingly intended to titillate--was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers of corset-wearing and tightlacing, and the perceptions of garments as dangerous inevitably made their way to fiction. Later, after corsets stopped being ubiquitous, works featuring the garments, while not necessarily portraying them as deadly or even dangerous, would often [[{{Fainting}} faints]] from present them as something to be endured for vanity; it is during this period that some of the restrictions. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, most enduring images of corsets, such as that of [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O'Hara]] doing anything for an 18.5-inch waist, were created. More recently, creators have taken to using the physical constriction provided by corsets as an allegory for the societal constriction women faced in the past; when a woman complains about her corset, stays, she's actually complaining about how she's oppressed by society's norms. It's a common complaint of the SpiritedYoungLady.
The trope As for how much of the discomfort attributed to corsets is {{older than radio}}, as TruthInTelevision, the answer to that depends on a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in different factors, including the nineteenth century regarding corset itself, the dangers in corset-wearing. In person wearing it, and the 21st century, circumstances under which they do so. While it is quite possible to comfortably wear tight corsets for extended periods, and there are plenty of people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, regularly do so, there were reports are also plenty of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science). But it should be noted that other people who do not speak of the studies on the supposed danger of corsets were made in the 19th century, and sometimes corsets are used for medical purposes in spinal injuries.
experience positively, helping keep this trope alive.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature--some medically sound, most not, and
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abbreviating it. the "corsets misshape ribs" thing is a myth. and corsets and stays aren't the same
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Corsets can be painful. Squeezing four or more inches from your waist in order to get that [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure perfect figure]]? Dear god, woman, that must be torture--however will you be able to breathe? This perception has been carried into fiction: if corsetry is mentioned in a period drama, it is often in the form of a woman's complaint about the pain caused by being squeezed--usually against her will--into the garment, and she often [[{{Fainting}} faints]] from the restrictions. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, creators have taken to using the physical constriction provided by corsets as an allegory for the societal constriction women faced in the past; when a woman complains about her stays, she's actually complaining about how she's oppressed by society's norms. It's a common complaint of the SpiritedYoungLady.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, some women would pass out from corsets too tightly laced, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science), and the constant use of corsets could result in misshapen rib-cages. (Luckily for corset-wearers, that level of extreme tightlacing was [[BrieferThanTheyThink not in fashion for very long]].)
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, some women would pass out from corsets too tightly laced, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science), and the constant use of corsets could result in misshapen rib-cages. (Luckily for corset-wearers, that level of extreme tightlacing was [[BrieferThanTheyThink not in fashion for very long]].)
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Corsets can be painful. Squeezing four or more inches from your waist in order to get that [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure perfect figure]]? Dear god, woman, that must be torture--however will you be able to breathe? This perception has been carried into fiction: if corsetry is mentioned in a period drama, it is often in the form of a woman's complaint about the pain caused by being squeezed--usually against her will--into the garment, and she often [[{{Fainting}} faints]] from the restrictions. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, creators have taken to using the physical constriction provided by corsets as an allegory for the societal constriction women faced in the past; when a woman complains about her stays, corset, she's actually complaining about how she's oppressed by society's norms. It's a common complaint of the SpiritedYoungLady.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty,some women would pass out from corsets too tightly laced, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science), and science). But it should be noted that the constant use studies on the supposed danger of corsets could result were made in misshapen rib-cages. (Luckily the 19th century, and sometimes corsets are used for corset-wearers, that level of extreme tightlacing was [[BrieferThanTheyThink not medical purposes in fashion for very long]].)
spinal injuries.
The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty,
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* ''Webcomic/LittleTales'': Gen comments that she feels like she's been [[http://www.little-tales.com/index.php?Strip=259 "keelhauled"]] after Uriel laces up her corset for a cosplay.
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* The {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltration, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' features the "''Whalebone corset''" as an accessory. Equipping it will give your character damage reduction, but at a health loss penalty. [[CrossDresser Funnily enough, both genders can use this item]]
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' features the "''Whalebone corset''" as an accessory. Equipping it will give your character damage reduction, but at a health loss penalty. [[CrossDresser Funnily enough, both genders can use this item]]item]].
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* The {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltration, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].
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* The {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up In ''VideoGame/OneStepFromEden'', Violette starts with it for BlackTieInfiltration, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] a Corset spell in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains Doubletime deck. Using it deals 40 HP damage to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].before applying 100 Shield Points.
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* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': In the ''Hawk & Fisher'' spinoff series' book 4 (''Wolf in the Fold''), in her disguise as a member of the [=MacNeil=] family, Fisher has to wear a corset and hates every minute of it.
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* Corsets have somehow become the outfit of choice for action girls in movies and TV (Wonder Woman and Xena have likely had something to do with it.) Multiple actresses, such as Bridget Regan ([[http://fortresstakes.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/legend_of_the_seeker_kahlan_costume.jpg Kahlan Amnell]] of ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'') and Caity Lotz ([[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2013/11/arrow_caity_lotz.jpg Canary]] of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'') have said their corsets felt fine during their initial costume fittings, but when they had to start doing fight scenes in them...
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* Corsets have somehow become the outfit of choice for action girls in movies and TV (Wonder Woman and Xena have likely had something to do with it.) Multiple actresses, such as Bridget Regan Creator/BridgetRegan ([[http://fortresstakes.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/legend_of_the_seeker_kahlan_costume.jpg Kahlan Amnell]] of ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'') and Caity Lotz Creator/CaityLotz ([[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2013/11/arrow_caity_lotz.jpg Canary]] of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'') have said their corsets felt fine during their initial costume fittings, but when they had to start doing fight scenes in them...
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* In ''Film/EnolaHolmes'', Enola was raised by a feminist mother who didn't make her wear corsets. While she's able to wear a normal corset without any problems and is even able to fight off an attacker in one (in a case of ShownTheirWork, as regular corsets weren't that restrictive), the finishing school she's sent to insists on lacing her much too tightly for waist training, which is shown to be quite painful.
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* In 1903, a woman named Mary Halliday dropped dead for no apparent reason. During her autopsy, it was discovered that two pieces of corset steel had become lodged in her heart.
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* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things. In a bit of ShownTheirWork, Charles Perrault mentions the sisters using laces (and even starving themselves) to get nice figures for the ball.
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* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's Drizella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things. In a bit of ShownTheirWork, Charles Perrault mentions the sisters using laces (and even starving themselves) to get nice figures for the ball.ball.
** A behind-the-scenes RealLife example was Lily James, who played Cinderella, talking about how difficult it was to get into her steel-boned corset for the ballgown, and how she could not eat solid food while wearing it.
** A behind-the-scenes RealLife example was Lily James, who played Cinderella, talking about how difficult it was to get into her steel-boned corset for the ballgown, and how she could not eat solid food while wearing it.
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* Lady Mary Montagu, wife of Britain's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, remarked in one of her letters that when she undressed in front of other Turkish women to join them in a Turkish bath was greeted with exclamations of horror at her corsets, which the Turkish women believed was a cruel device of her husband to keep her locked up.
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* In the original Grimm's fairy tale of ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the wicked queen's first attempt to kill Snow White consists of trying to suffocate her by lacing her corset too tightly. The dwarfs save her by cutting the stay-lace, which leads to the queen opting for poison instead, first with a comb and finally with the famous apple.
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* In the original Grimm's fairy tale of ''Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''Literature/SnowWhite'', the wicked queen's first attempt to kill Snow White consists of trying to suffocate her by lacing her corset too tightly. The dwarfs save her by cutting the stay-lace, which leads to the queen opting for poison instead, first with a comb and finally with the famous apple.
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* The {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
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* The {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, BlackTieInfiltration, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
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* The ActionGirls of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
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* The ActionGirls {{Action Girl}}s of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'': A random conversation between a character of the [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse princess]] job and another Mii will have the princess talk about all the good things in their life...before wheezing and admitting that the corset is a bit of a downer.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'': A random conversation between a character of the [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse princess]] job and another Mii will have the princess talk about all the good things in their life... before wheezing and admitting that the corset is a bit of a downer.downer.
* The ActionGirls of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
-->'''Evie:''' ''(tossing the garment aside)'' [[SeriousBusiness Requiescat in pace]].
* The ActionGirls of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' are very much not fond of corsets. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Aveline de Grandpré]] puts up with it for BlackTieInfiltrations, but she can't [[LeParkour free-run]] in it. [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Elise de la Serre]] wears one for her initiation into the Templar Order, but complains to Arno that she "feels like a mummy, wrapped up in this thing". [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Evie Frye]] wears one to enter Buckingham Palace, and as soon as she has an excuse, she changes out of "this infernal contraption"... ''with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Hidden Blade]]''.
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* Empress Elisabeth of Austria is (in)famous for tight-lacing, to the point that her waist was 40 cm (16 inches) at its smallest, and 18 1/2 – 19 1/2 inches at the time of her death. Coupled with her sleeping issues and eating disorder, this made her "inhumanly slender" - she was unusually tall (172 cm or 5'8'') and only weighed 50kg (110 lbs).
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* Empress Elisabeth of Austria is (in)famous for tight-lacing, to the point that her waist was 40 cm (16 inches) at its smallest, and 18 1/2 – 19 1/2 inches at the time of her death. Coupled with her sleeping issues and eating disorder, this made her "inhumanly slender" - she was unusually tall (172 cm or 5'8'') and only weighed 50kg (110 lbs). Ironically it initially kept her alive after the stabbing with a stiletto knife that eventually caused her death, and it was only after her corset was removed that she bled out.
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* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things.
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* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things. In a bit of ShownTheirWork, Charles Perrault mentions the sisters using laces (and even starving themselves) to get nice figures for the ball.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow steals a corset from her vampire self to impersonate her. Then Willow realizes that she needs to breathe, though her vampire self does not.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow steals a corset from her MirrorUniverse vampire self counterpart [[DressingAsTheEnemy to impersonate her. her]]. Then Willow realizes that she needs to breathe, though while her vampire self counterpart does not.
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* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, forcing him to keep his female form. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
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* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, [[ShapeshifterModeLock forcing him to keep his female form.form]]. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': Scarlet insists on her dress being as tight as possible. She comments on how it wasn't quite tight enough when she started losing the feeling in her legs.
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* Empress Elisabeth of Austria is (in)famous for tight-lacing, to the point that her waist was 40 cm (16 inches) at its smallest, and 18 1/2 – 19 1/2 inches at the time of her death. Coupled with her sleeping issues and eating disorder, this made her "inhumanly slender" - she was unusually tall (172 cm or 5'8'') and only weighed 50kg (110 lbs).
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': Scarlet insists on her dress being as tight as possible. She comments on how it wasn't quite tight enough when she started losing the feeling in her legs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': Scarlet insists on her dress being as tight as possible. She comments on how it wasn't quite tight enough when she started losing the feeling in her legs.
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* ''Webcomic/TheContinentals'' has a dinner party scene in which the gender-bending Lady Fiona Fiziwigg and the conventionally feminine Evelynne Poole spar verbally on the subject.
* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has a (female) corset maker who likes "crushing people to death while watching them slowly suffocate". Naturally, she's a snake.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-20 a strip]] where two extras [[ConversedTrope converse]] about corsets and one mentions that traditional corsets are evil.
* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has a (female) corset maker who likes "crushing people to death while watching them slowly suffocate". Naturally, she's a snake.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-20 a strip]] where two extras [[ConversedTrope converse]] about corsets and one mentions that traditional corsets are evil.
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* ''Webcomic/TheContinentals'' has a dinner party scene in which the gender-bending Lady Fiona Fiziwigg and the conventionally feminine Evelynne Poole spar verbally on the subject.
* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has a (female) corset maker who likes "crushing people to death while watching them slowly suffocate". Naturally, she's a snake.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-20 a strip]] where two extras [[ConversedTrope converse]] about corsets and one mentions that traditional corsets are evil.
* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has a (female) corset maker who likes "crushing people to death while watching them slowly suffocate". Naturally, she's a snake.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-20 a strip]] where two extras [[ConversedTrope converse]] about corsets and one mentions that traditional corsets are evil.
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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where the family lives in a house set in 1896, on a reality show, Marge in one clip is shown wearing a tight corset, and the camera zooms down to her horribly swollen feet.
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* In the ''Literature/NightfallSeries'', Myra is forced into a corset by Lucy prior to wearing the dress Prince Vladimir "gifted" to her. She not only experiences physical discomfort from tightlacing but also conveys reservations about wearing one beforehand when she sees Lucy pull it out of her bag.
* Discussed in the Caroline B. Cooney's time travel romance novel "Both Sides Of Time" where the main character and other girls despise the tightness of corsets and woman asking for a fainting couch due to corsets is expected.
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.
* Discussed in the Caroline B. Cooney's time travel romance novel "Both Sides Of Time" where the main character and other girls despise the tightness of corsets and woman asking for a fainting couch due to corsets is expected.
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.
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* In ''Literature/AfterAlice'' takes place in the ''Literature/NightfallSeries'', Myra is forced into a 1860s. Ada wears an uncomfortable iron corset by Lucy prior to wearing the dress Prince Vladimir "gifted" to her. She not only experiences physical discomfort from tightlacing but also conveys reservations about wearing one beforehand when she sees Lucy pull it out because of her bag.
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* Discussed in the Caroline B. Cooney's time travel romance novel"Both ''Both Sides Of Time" Time'' where the main character and other girls despise the tightness of corsets and woman asking for a fainting couch due to corsets is expected.
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.expected.
* Discussed in the Caroline B. Cooney's time travel romance novel
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.
* In ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'', lacing Daphne into her corset is painful. [[JustifiedTrope Understandably]], as Daphne is overweight and the corset is meant to force her into too-small (but the "appropriate" size) dresses.
* ''Literature/TheGatesOfSleep'': After Madame Arachne carries off Marina, her maid forces Marina into tightlacing with the comment "You've never been properly corseted". (Marina eventually figures out how to tense her abdominal muscles to keep her corset from being laced too tightly.)
* In Creator/ElizabethEnright's ''Literature/GoneAwayLake'', two mid-20th C. girls -- the story is a little vague, could be set any time between the late '40s and early '60s -- are playing dress up in Victorian or Edwardian ball gowns that had belonged to an old lady's elder sisters. When they find they can't make the plackets meet, the old lady offers to lace them into corsets, however, when she pulls the laces it hurts so much that the girls content themselves by covering the gap with silk sashes.
* In ''Literature/TheGoddessTest'', Kate's maids force her to wear corsets. Kate is not pleased and tries to force her gut out to give herself more breathing room and to spite them.
* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' references this several times, Scarlett can take the pain of a tight corset, but other female characters are mentioned to have fainted when it becomes too tight.
* During ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'', there is a scene where Zettai is undergoing a PainfulTransformation. The surges of magical energy are said to more painful than the corset she was forced to wear.
* ''Literature/TheGatesOfSleep'': After Madame Arachne carries off Marina, her maid forces Marina into tightlacing with the comment "You've never been properly corseted". (Marina eventually figures out how to tense her abdominal muscles to keep her corset from being laced too tightly.)
* In Creator/ElizabethEnright's ''Literature/GoneAwayLake'', two mid-20th C. girls -- the story is a little vague, could be set any time between the late '40s and early '60s -- are playing dress up in Victorian or Edwardian ball gowns that had belonged to an old lady's elder sisters. When they find they can't make the plackets meet, the old lady offers to lace them into corsets, however, when she pulls the laces it hurts so much that the girls content themselves by covering the gap with silk sashes.
* In ''Literature/TheGoddessTest'', Kate's maids force her to wear corsets. Kate is not pleased and tries to force her gut out to give herself more breathing room and to spite them.
* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' references this several times, Scarlett can take the pain of a tight corset, but other female characters are mentioned to have fainted when it becomes too tight.
* During ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'', there is a scene where Zettai is undergoing a PainfulTransformation. The surges of magical energy are said to more painful than the corset she was forced to wear.
* Horribly used in the short story “A Mother of Monsters” by French author Creator/GuyDeMaupassant: a young peasant girl hides her pregnancy with a rudimentary corset (planks of wood strapped together with rope). When the baby is born, it is hideously deformed, and who should drop by but a circus man, who offers to buy the baby for his freakshow. She promptly sells it, and when she gets pregnant again, the whole deal is renewed, and she makes a pretty good living out of it.
* In the ''Literature/NightfallSeries'', Myra is forced into a corset by Lucy prior to wearing the dress Prince Vladimir "gifted" to her. She not only experiences physical discomfort from tightlacing but also conveys reservations about wearing one beforehand when she sees Lucy pull it out of her bag.
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt goes back and forth between this and ''OfCorsetsSexy'' in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. We get several allusions to how uncomfortable it can be to wear a corset, but a lady is expected to do it anyway. And if she shapes her body as much as possible, men will, of course, find her more attractive.
** Magdalena Swärd in "De skandalösa" is happy to not have to wear a corset during a costume party.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.
* In the ''Literature/NightfallSeries'', Myra is forced into a corset by Lucy prior to wearing the dress Prince Vladimir "gifted" to her. She not only experiences physical discomfort from tightlacing but also conveys reservations about wearing one beforehand when she sees Lucy pull it out of her bag.
* In Ann Turnbull's novel ''No Shame No Fear'', Susanna's mistress asks her to help her unlace her stays of her corset to help her relax after she's been hurt.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt goes back and forth between this and ''OfCorsetsSexy'' in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. We get several allusions to how uncomfortable it can be to wear a corset, but a lady is expected to do it anyway. And if she shapes her body as much as possible, men will, of course, find her more attractive.
** Magdalena Swärd in "De skandalösa" is happy to not have to wear a corset during a costume party.
* In E.L. Doctorow's novel ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', Evelyn Nesbit flees a crowd and is taken in by Emma Goldman. Once Evelyn's corset is removed (along with the rest of her garments), Emma treats the marks it left on Evelyn's flesh. Given that Emma Goldman was in [[RealLife real life]] an advocate of socialism and women's rights, the garment is clearly symbolic of the sufferings caused by the society of the time.
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* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' references this several times, Scarlett can take the pain of a tight corset, but other female characters are mentioned to have fainted when it becomes too tight.
* In ''Literature/TheGoddessTest'', Kate's maids force her to wear corsets. Kate is not pleased and tries to force her gut out to give herself more breathing room and to spite them.
* In ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'', lacing Daphne into her corset is painful. [[JustifiedTrope Understandably]], as Daphne is overweight and the corset is meant to force her into too-small (but the "appropriate" size) dresses.
* ''Literature/TheGatesOfSleep'': After Madame Arachne carries off Marina, her maid forces Marina into tightlacing with the comment "You've never been properly corseted". (Marina eventually figures out how to tense her abdominal muscles to keep her corset from being laced too tightly.)
* Horribly used in the short story “A Mother of Monsters” by French author Guy de Maupassant: a young peasant girl hides her pregnancy with a rudimentary corset (planks of wood strapped together with rope). When the baby is born, it is hideously deformed, and who should drop by but a circus man, who offers to buy the baby for his freakshow. She promptly sells it, and when she gets pregnant again, the whole deal is renewed, and she makes a pretty good living out of it.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt goes back and forth between this and ''OfCorsetsSexy'' in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. We get several allusions to how uncomfortable it can be to wear a corset, but a lady is expected to do it anyway. And if she shapes her body as much as possible, men will, of course, find her more attractive.
** Magdalena Swärd in "De skandalösa" is happy to not have to wear a corset during a costume party.
* In Creator/ElizabethEnright's Literature/GoneAwayLake, two mid-20th C. girls -- the story is a little vague, could be set any time between the late '40s and early '60s -- are playing dress up in Victorian or Edwardian ball gowns that had belonged to an old lady's elder sisters. When they find they can't make the plackets meet, the old lady offers to lace them into corsets, however, when she pulls the laces it hurts so much that the girls content themselves by covering the gap with silk sashes.
* In ''Literature/TheGoddessTest'', Kate's maids force her to wear corsets. Kate is not pleased and tries to force her gut out to give herself more breathing room and to spite them.
* In ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'', lacing Daphne into her corset is painful. [[JustifiedTrope Understandably]], as Daphne is overweight and the corset is meant to force her into too-small (but the "appropriate" size) dresses.
* ''Literature/TheGatesOfSleep'': After Madame Arachne carries off Marina, her maid forces Marina into tightlacing with the comment "You've never been properly corseted". (Marina eventually figures out how to tense her abdominal muscles to keep her corset from being laced too tightly.)
* Horribly used in the short story “A Mother of Monsters” by French author Guy de Maupassant: a young peasant girl hides her pregnancy with a rudimentary corset (planks of wood strapped together with rope). When the baby is born, it is hideously deformed, and who should drop by but a circus man, who offers to buy the baby for his freakshow. She promptly sells it, and when she gets pregnant again, the whole deal is renewed, and she makes a pretty good living out of it.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt goes back and forth between this and ''OfCorsetsSexy'' in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. We get several allusions to how uncomfortable it can be to wear a corset, but a lady is expected to do it anyway. And if she shapes her body as much as possible, men will, of course, find her more attractive.
** Magdalena Swärd in "De skandalösa" is happy to not have to wear a corset during a costume party.
* In Creator/ElizabethEnright's Literature/GoneAwayLake, two mid-20th C. girls -- the story is a little vague, could be set any time between the late '40s and early '60s -- are playing dress up in Victorian or Edwardian ball gowns that had belonged to an old lady's elder sisters. When they find they can't make the plackets meet, the old lady offers to lace them into corsets, however, when she pulls the laces it hurts so much that the girls content themselves by covering the gap with silk sashes.
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* During ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'', there is a scene where Zettai is undergoing a PainfulTransformation. The surges of magical energy are said to more painful than the corset she was forced to wear.
* ''Literature/AfterAlice'' takes place in the 1860s. Ada wears an uncomfortable iron corset because of her scoliosis.
* ''Literature/AfterAlice'' takes place in the 1860s. Ada wears an uncomfortable iron corset because of her scoliosis.
* In one segment of an episode of ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a tango dancer wears a corset to correct his increasingly bulging stomach but winds up breaking one of his ribs and bleeds to death.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow steals a corset from her vampire self to impersonate her. Then Willow realizes that she needs to breathe, though her vampire self does not.
* Done implicitly in the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek TNG]]'' episode "Time's Arrow," when Picard et al are in 19th century San Francisco; neither Troi nor Dr. Crusher looks comfortable in period fashion.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', Grissom, Nick, and Sara come across a corpse with a horribly shrunken waist and horribly disfigured torso. Eventually, they discover that it was a man who, obsessed with American Civil War history and reenactments, habitually wore a male corset that had reduced his waist to only a few inches wide.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', the victim of the week was a nine-year-old girl with a deformed ribcage. It turns out she participated in beauty pageants and had worn a corset in her sleep, in addition to starving herself to the point of malnourishment.
* Done implicitly in the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek TNG]]'' episode "Time's Arrow," when Picard et al are in 19th century San Francisco; neither Troi nor Dr. Crusher looks comfortable in period fashion.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', Grissom, Nick, and Sara come across a corpse with a horribly shrunken waist and horribly disfigured torso. Eventually, they discover that it was a man who, obsessed with American Civil War history and reenactments, habitually wore a male corset that had reduced his waist to only a few inches wide.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', the victim of the week was a nine-year-old girl with a deformed ribcage. It turns out she participated in beauty pageants and had worn a corset in her sleep, in addition to starving herself to the point of malnourishment.
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* There was a scene in the first season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' where Katherine Pierce was having her corset put on by Emily, her handmaiden, and by the expression on her face and her small gasp at every tightening of the corset, we could just imagine what it felt like.
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* There was a scene in In the first season TV version of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' where Katherine Pierce was having ''Literature/TheAlienist'', the camera gives several closeups of the marks left on Sara Howard's bare back by her corset. (Although it must be noted this is artistic license; a woman of Sara's time would have worn a chemise under her corset put on by Emily, her handmaiden, and by the expression on her face and her small gasp at every tightening for exactly this reason. Poor Dakota Fanning.)
* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' regularly had gags ofthe uncomfortably cramming a larger woman into a corset, we could just imagine what with it felt like.being set in a women's underwear department. Mrs. Slocombe was usually the ButtMonkey.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', the victim of the week was a nine-year-old girl with a deformed ribcage. It turns out she participated in beauty pageants and had worn a corset in her sleep, in addition to starving herself to the point of malnourishment.
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow steals a corset from her vampire self to impersonate her. Then Willow realizes that she needs to breathe, though her vampire self does not.
* ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Imogen sighs in relief after removing her corset while undressing.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', Grissom, Nick, and Sara come across a corpse with a horribly shrunken waist and horribly disfigured torso. Eventually, they discover that it was a man who, obsessed with American Civil War history and reenactments, habitually wore a male corset that had reduced his waist to only a few inches wide.
* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' regularly had gags of
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', the victim of the week was a nine-year-old girl with a deformed ribcage. It turns out she participated in beauty pageants and had worn a corset in her sleep, in addition to starving herself to the point of malnourishment.
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Willow steals a corset from her vampire self to impersonate her. Then Willow realizes that she needs to breathe, though her vampire self does not.
* ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Imogen sighs in relief after removing her corset while undressing.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', Grissom, Nick, and Sara come across a corpse with a horribly shrunken waist and horribly disfigured torso. Eventually, they discover that it was a man who, obsessed with American Civil War history and reenactments, habitually wore a male corset that had reduced his waist to only a few inches wide.
* On ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', Johnny and Roy got called to a woman's house. She put on a new girdle that was so tight she could barely breathe and spoke in little more than a whisper. When Johnny cut the girdle off her, it smacked him in the face.
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* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' regularly had gags of uncomfortably cramming a larger woman into a corset, what with it being set in a women's underwear department. Mrs. Slocombe was usually the ButtMonkey.
* In one segment of an episode of ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a tango dancer wears a corset to correct his increasingly bulging stomach but winds up breaking one of his ribs and bleeds to death.
* On ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', Johnny and Roy got called to a woman's house. She put on a new girdle that was so tight she could barely breathe and spoke in little more than a whisper. When Johnny cut the girdle off her, it smacked him in the face.
* In the TV version of ''Literature/TheAlienist'', the camera gives several closeups of the marks left on Sara Howard's bare back by her corset. (Although it must be noted this is artistic license; a woman of Sara's time would have worn a chemise under her corset for exactly this reason. Poor Dakota Fanning.)
* In one segment of an episode of ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a tango dancer wears a corset to correct his increasingly bulging stomach but winds up breaking one of his ribs and bleeds to death.
* On ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', Johnny and Roy got called to a woman's house. She put on a new girdle that was so tight she could barely breathe and spoke in little more than a whisper. When Johnny cut the girdle off her, it smacked him in the face.
* In the TV version of ''Literature/TheAlienist'', the camera gives several closeups of the marks left on Sara Howard's bare back by her corset. (Although it must be noted this is artistic license; a woman of Sara's time would have worn a chemise under her corset for exactly this reason. Poor Dakota Fanning.)
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* ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Imogen sighs in relief after removing her corset while undressing.
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* ''Series/CarnivalRow'': Imogen sighs Done implicitly in relief after removing the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek TNG]]'' episode "Time's Arrow," when Picard ''et al'' are in 19th century San Francisco; neither Troi nor Dr. Crusher looks comfortable in period fashion.
* There was a scene in the first season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' where Katherine Pierce was having her corsetwhile undressing.put on by Emily, her handmaiden, and by the expression on her face and her small gasp at every tightening of the corset, we could just imagine what it felt like.
* There was a scene in the first season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' where Katherine Pierce was having her corset
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* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', the BigBad wears a ''very'' tight corset and is, in fact, ''named'' [[ThemeNaming Corset]]. He has a BDSM fetish, so he wears it specifically ''because'' it hurts.
* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, forcing him to keep his female form. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
* Despite providing the page image, female characters in ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' only wore extremely tight corsets for special occasions, in this case taking a couple of inches off before a date.
** However, they are described as painful, or at least really uncomfortable. In one scene of the manga, Emma's employer Dorothea Meredith is being dressed for the day, when her husband Wilhelm enters the room and proceeds to lace his wife's corset. Despite the whole scene is described as a jocular, almost sexual moment of intimacy, Wilhelm has to place his foot on Dorothea's back and pull the laces with all of his might to squeeze his wife into the desired shape. The author's commentary for this scene claims that, according to her researches, such a painful scenario was common and not surprising at all.
* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, forcing him to keep his female form. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
* Despite providing the page image, female characters in ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' only wore extremely tight corsets for special occasions, in this case taking a couple of inches off before a date.
** However, they are described as painful, or at least really uncomfortable. In one scene of the manga, Emma's employer Dorothea Meredith is being dressed for the day, when her husband Wilhelm enters the room and proceeds to lace his wife's corset. Despite the whole scene is described as a jocular, almost sexual moment of intimacy, Wilhelm has to place his foot on Dorothea's back and pull the laces with all of his might to squeeze his wife into the desired shape. The author's commentary for this scene claims that, according to her researches, such a painful scenario was common and not surprising at all.
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* In ''Manga/MurderPrincess'', Falisa is not happy about having to wear a corset once she is in Princess Alisa's body. She's a mercenary, after all, and accustomed to unfettered movement.
* In ''Manga/MurderPrincess'', Falisa is not happy about having to wear a corset once she is in Princess Alisa's body. She's a mercenary, after all, and accustomed to unfettered movement.
* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', the BigBad wears a ''very'' tight corset and is, in fact, ''named'' [[ThemeNaming Corset]]. He has a BDSM fetish, so he wears it specifically ''because'' it hurts.
* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, forcing him to keep his female form. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', the BigBad wears a ''very'' tight corset and is, in fact, ''named'' [[ThemeNaming Corset]]. He has a BDSM fetish, so he wears it specifically ''because'' it hurts.
* Invoked in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' once with a ''steel'' corset Ranma is forced to wear as a girl. It's tight ''enough'' when worn as a girl -- when Madame St. Paul first forced Ranma into it, the latter is ''screaming in pain'' -- and as such, constrains his bones to a point of almost crushing when he turns back into a man, forcing him to keep his female form. Thus, the symbolism of Ranma being trapped in the guise of an obedient girl both physically and metaphorically is complete.
* Despite providing the page image, female characters in ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' only wore extremely tight corsets for special occasions, in this case taking a couple of inches off before a date.
** However, they are described as painful, or at least really uncomfortable. In one scene of the manga, Emma's employer Dorothea Meredith is being dressed for the day, when her husband Wilhelm enters the room and proceeds to lace his wife's corset. Despite the whole scene is described as a jocular, almost sexual moment of intimacy, Wilhelm has to place his foot on Dorothea's back and pull the laces with all of his might to squeeze his wife into the desired shape. The author's commentary for this scene claims that, according to her researches, such a painful scenario was common and not surprising at all.
** However, they are described as painful, or at least really uncomfortable. In one scene of the manga, Emma's employer Dorothea Meredith is being dressed for the day, when her husband Wilhelm enters the room and proceeds to lace his wife's corset. Despite the whole scene is described as a jocular, almost sexual moment of intimacy, Wilhelm has to place his foot on Dorothea's back and pull the laces with all of his might to squeeze his wife into the desired shape. The author's commentary for this scene claims that, according to her researches, such a painful scenario was common and not surprising at all.
* Near the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheirBond'', Zelda nearly suffocates because her corset is too restrictive. In this case, her corset was tied unusually tight.
* In the ''Peter Pan'' fic ''Fanfic/EntrancingWendy'', Wendy wears corsets that hurt to move much in.
* In the ''Peter Pan'' fic ''Fanfic/EntrancingWendy'', Wendy wears corsets that hurt to move much in.
* In ''Fanfic/NotOldAloneOrDoneFor'', Wendy finds Edwardian-era corsets to be uncomfortable. This accentuates her nonconformity compared to other women.
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* In ''Fanfic/NotOldAloneOrDoneFor'', Wendy finds Edwardian-era corsets to be uncomfortable. This accentuates her nonconformity compared to other women.
* Near the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheirBond'', Zelda nearly suffocates because her corset is too restrictive. In this case, her corset was tied unusually tight.
* In the ''Peter Pan'' fic ''Fanfic/EntrancingWendy'', Wendy wears corsets that hurt to move much in.
* Near the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheirBond'', Zelda nearly suffocates because her corset is too restrictive. In this case, her corset was tied unusually tight.
* In the ''Peter Pan'' fic ''Fanfic/EntrancingWendy'', Wendy wears corsets that hurt to move much in.
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* Two Creator/{{Disney}} animated films had this, both from 1998.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', during the "Honor to Us All" montage, and she doesn't enjoy it. It wasn't exactly a corset, but a large sash pulled very tight to make her waist smaller. Ironically, the matchmaker berates her for being too skinny to bear children. [[YouCantFightFate Perhaps she was destined to fail and ultimately become China's savior?]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'', it's clear that Pocahontas doesn't like it, and it shows she is being forced into accepted norms for women in the society.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', during the "Honor to Us All" montage, and she doesn't enjoy it. It wasn't exactly a corset, but a large sash pulled very tight to make her waist smaller. Ironically, the matchmaker berates her for being too skinny to bear children. [[YouCantFightFate Perhaps she was destined to fail and ultimately become China's savior?]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'', it's clear that Pocahontas doesn't like it, and it shows she is being forced into accepted norms for women in the society.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', during the "Honor to Us All" montage, and she doesn't enjoy it. It wasn't exactly a corset, but a large sash pulled very tight to make her waist smaller. Ironically, the matchmaker berates her for being too skinny to bear children. [[YouCantFightFate Perhaps she was destined to fail and ultimately become China's savior?]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'', it's clear that Pocahontas doesn't like it, and it shows she is being forced into accepted norms for women in the society.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'', it's clear that Pocahontas doesn't like it, and it shows she is being forced into accepted norms for women in the society.
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* Scarlet O'Hara powers through the pain as Mammy draws her corset ever tighter before the barbeque at Twelve Oaks in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
* The expression on Rose's face in ''Film/Titanic1997'' as her corset is being laced by her mother shows the pain informative of this trope. It's [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]] as her mother is explaining that Rose has no choice but to marry Cal as she laces her up.
* In the 1994 film of ''Film/LittleWomen'', Marmee is prone to rants about how corsets are responsible for womankind's reputation as weak and ill, and when Meg gives in to pressure from her stylish friends, there is the obligatory scene where she is painfully laced into a corset by a strong-armed maid.
* The expression on Rose's face in ''Film/Titanic1997'' as her corset is being laced by her mother shows the pain informative of this trope. It's [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]] as her mother is explaining that Rose has no choice but to marry Cal as she laces her up.
* In the 1994 film of ''Film/LittleWomen'', Marmee is prone to rants about how corsets are responsible for womankind's reputation as weak and ill, and when Meg gives in to pressure from her stylish friends, there is the obligatory scene where she is painfully laced into a corset by a strong-armed maid.
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* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', when Elizabeth is being dressed in a corset, Governor Swann tells her it's the fashion in London. She replies, "Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe...!"
-->'''Gov. Swan:''' "What do you think?"(of the dress, corset included)\\
'''Elizabeth:''' "It's *GASP* [[{{Pun}} difficult to say]]."
** Despite Elizabeth's corsets being based in an era where they were designed to be more comfortable and supportive than nearly any other era, there actually is some logic to this particular example. Elizabeth has lived her entire life in Port Royal, where fashion trends of the time probably take several months to arrive from places like London and Paris, if not years, and has probably been wearing softer stays where the emphasis was less on shrinking her waist and more on lifting her bust (like a modern camisole with a built-in bra). The corset her father buys her was likely intended to be worn by a woman whose body had been somewhat corset-trained since age twelve or so, and who would not feel too squeezed by it at all. Elizabeth, on the other hand, hasn't experienced that, so the amount of constriction probably ''would'' feel shockingly painful to her and alter her breathing to the point of her later collapse.
--->'''Pirate''': I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!\\
'''Elizabeth''': You like pain? ''*whacks him over the head with a pole*'' Try wearing a corset!
** It's also likely that the woman lacing the corset didn't know how to do it properly, and just laced it as tight as she could. Which is ''not'' how to properly lace a corset, [[TruthInTelevision and can indeed lead to shortness of breath and fainting.]]
** Even more likely is simply that Elizabeth's dress is new. When you make garments from natural materials you have to make them smaller than you want them to be. Elizabeth's father gives her the dress while she is having her corset put on. He seems not to have realized that the waist will expand by at least an inch about ten minutes after she puts it on as the linen fibers relax. If she had worn it for a little bit before putting her corset on, she likely wouldn't have had this problem.
* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things.
* In ''Film/TheDuchess'', during the wedding-night scene when Georgiana is being undressed by her new husband, we see that she's wearing her corset over bare skin (which reveals a set of painful-looking welts when the corset is removed). This is incorrect, as corsets were (and are) properly worn over a protective garment of some sort (usually a chemise) to protect the wearer from just such injuries.
* A similar situation arises in the movie of ''Film/TuckEverlasting'', in which Winnie is forced to wear a corset. Her mother tells her "You must suffer to be beautiful, so say the French", to which Winnie replies "Well the French are crazy!". When Winnie is staying with the Tucks, Ma helps her remove the corset, commenting on how she can't understand why women torture themselves with them.
* Esther and Rose Smith experience this in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''.
-->'''Rose''': You look grand, simply elegant.\\
'''Esther''': I feel elegant but I ''can't breathe''.
-->'''Gov. Swan:''' "What do you think?"(of the dress, corset included)\\
'''Elizabeth:''' "It's *GASP* [[{{Pun}} difficult to say]]."
** Despite Elizabeth's corsets being based in an era where they were designed to be more comfortable and supportive than nearly any other era, there actually is some logic to this particular example. Elizabeth has lived her entire life in Port Royal, where fashion trends of the time probably take several months to arrive from places like London and Paris, if not years, and has probably been wearing softer stays where the emphasis was less on shrinking her waist and more on lifting her bust (like a modern camisole with a built-in bra). The corset her father buys her was likely intended to be worn by a woman whose body had been somewhat corset-trained since age twelve or so, and who would not feel too squeezed by it at all. Elizabeth, on the other hand, hasn't experienced that, so the amount of constriction probably ''would'' feel shockingly painful to her and alter her breathing to the point of her later collapse.
--->'''Pirate''': I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!\\
'''Elizabeth''': You like pain? ''*whacks him over the head with a pole*'' Try wearing a corset!
** It's also likely that the woman lacing the corset didn't know how to do it properly, and just laced it as tight as she could. Which is ''not'' how to properly lace a corset, [[TruthInTelevision and can indeed lead to shortness of breath and fainting.]]
** Even more likely is simply that Elizabeth's dress is new. When you make garments from natural materials you have to make them smaller than you want them to be. Elizabeth's father gives her the dress while she is having her corset put on. He seems not to have realized that the waist will expand by at least an inch about ten minutes after she puts it on as the linen fibers relax. If she had worn it for a little bit before putting her corset on, she likely wouldn't have had this problem.
* A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that indicates she's not exactly trained with these things.
* In ''Film/TheDuchess'', during the wedding-night scene when Georgiana is being undressed by her new husband, we see that she's wearing her corset over bare skin (which reveals a set of painful-looking welts when the corset is removed). This is incorrect, as corsets were (and are) properly worn over a protective garment of some sort (usually a chemise) to protect the wearer from just such injuries.
* A similar situation arises in the movie of ''Film/TuckEverlasting'', in which Winnie is forced to wear a corset. Her mother tells her "You must suffer to be beautiful, so say the French", to which Winnie replies "Well the French are crazy!". When Winnie is staying with the Tucks, Ma helps her remove the corset, commenting on how she can't understand why women torture themselves with them.
* Esther and Rose Smith experience this in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''.
-->'''Rose''': You look grand, simply elegant.\\
'''Esther''': I feel elegant but I ''can't breathe''.
* ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'': On trying on the tightly corseted gown Pierre had chosen as his prize, PirateGirl Anne remarks on how it is impossible for a woman to move or breathe in the thing.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': During T'Challa's coronation, [[TheGadfly Shuri]] raises her hand as if to challenge her brother for the throne...only to ask to speed up the ceremony, as her corset is very uncomfortable (eliciting a CollectiveGroan and even {{facepalm}}s from the other Wakandans).
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* In ''Film/RememberTheNight'' poor Lee has to wear a corset to fit into Aunt Emma's wedding dress. Aunt Emma tells her that having a 25-inch waist in her time was big and that all the girls tried to get to 19. Ouch!
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother if she's supposed to be able to breathe in the dress who replies "No."
* ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'': On trying on the tightly corseted gown Pierre had chosen as his prize, Anne remarks on how it is impossible for a woman to move or breathe in the thing.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': During T'Challa's coronation, [[TheGadfly Shuri]] raises her hand as if to challenge her brother for the throne...only to ask to speed up the ceremony, as her corset is very uncomfortable (eliciting a CollectiveGroan and even {{facepalm}}s from the other Wakandans).
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother if she's supposed to be able to breathe in the dress who replies "No."
* ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'': On trying on the tightly corseted gown Pierre had chosen as his prize, Anne remarks on how it is impossible for a woman to move or breathe in the thing.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': During T'Challa's coronation, [[TheGadfly Shuri]] raises her hand as if to challenge her brother for the throne...only to ask to speed up the ceremony, as her corset is very uncomfortable (eliciting a CollectiveGroan and even {{facepalm}}s from the other Wakandans).
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* In ''Film/RememberTheNight'' poor Lee A pre-ball scene in ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has to wear a corset to fit into Aunt Emma's wedding dress. Aunt Emma tells Ella's stepsisters enlisting her assistance in lacing their corsets. We get a closeup of Drisella's face as she instructs Ella to tighten it that having a 25-inch waist in her time was big and that all the girls tried to get to 19. Ouch!
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother ifindicates she's supposed to be able to breathe in the dress who replies "No."
* ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'': On trying on the tightly corseted gown Pierre had chosen as his prize, Anne remarks on how it is impossible for a woman to move or breathe in the thing.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': During T'Challa's coronation, [[TheGadfly Shuri]] raises her hand as if to challenge her brother for the throne...only to ask to speed up the ceremony, as her corset is very uncomfortable (eliciting a CollectiveGroan and even {{facepalm}}s from the other Wakandans).not exactly trained with these things.
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother if
* ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'': On trying on the tightly corseted gown Pierre had chosen as his prize, Anne remarks on how it is impossible for a woman to move or breathe in the thing.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': During T'Challa's coronation, [[TheGadfly Shuri]] raises her hand as if to challenge her brother for the throne...only to ask to speed up the ceremony, as her corset is very uncomfortable (eliciting a CollectiveGroan and even {{facepalm}}s from the other Wakandans).
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* In ''Film/TheDuchess'', during the wedding-night scene when Georgiana is being undressed by her new husband, we see that she's wearing her corset over bare skin (which reveals a set of painful-looking welts when the corset is removed). This is incorrect, as corsets were (and are) properly worn over a protective garment of some sort (usually a chemise) to protect the wearer from just such injuries.
* Scarlet O'Hara powers through the pain as Mammy draws her corset ever tighter before the barbeque at Twelve Oaks in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
* Scarlet O'Hara powers through the pain as Mammy draws her corset ever tighter before the barbeque at Twelve Oaks in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
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* In the 1994 film of ''Film/LittleWomen'', Marmee is prone to rants about how corsets are responsible for womankind's reputation as weak and ill, and when Meg gives in to pressure from her stylish friends, there is the obligatory scene where she is painfully laced into a corset by a strong-armed maid.
* Esther and Rose Smith experience this in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''.
-->'''Rose''': You look grand, simply elegant.\\
'''Esther''': I feel elegant but I ''can't breathe''.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', when Elizabeth is being dressed in a corset, Governor Swann tells her it's the fashion in London. She replies, "Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe...!"
-->'''Gov. Swan:''' "What do you think?"(of the dress, corset included)\\
'''Elizabeth:''' "It's *GASP* [[{{Pun}} difficult to say]]."
** Despite Elizabeth's corsets being based in an era where they were designed to be more comfortable and supportive than nearly any other era, there actually is some logic to this particular example. Elizabeth has lived her entire life in Port Royal, where fashion trends of the time probably take several months to arrive from places like London and Paris, if not years, and has probably been wearing softer stays where the emphasis was less on shrinking her waist and more on lifting her bust (like a modern camisole with a built-in bra). The corset her father buys her was likely intended to be worn by a woman whose body had been somewhat corset-trained since age twelve or so, and who would not feel too squeezed by it at all. Elizabeth, on the other hand, hasn't experienced that, so the amount of constriction probably ''would'' feel shockingly painful to her and alter her breathing to the point of her later collapse.
--->'''Pirate''': I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!\\
'''Elizabeth''': You like pain? ''*whacks him over the head with a pole*'' Try wearing a corset!
** It's also likely that the woman lacing the corset didn't know how to do it properly, and just laced it as tight as she could. Which is ''not'' how to properly lace a corset, [[TruthInTelevision and can indeed lead to shortness of breath and fainting.]]
** Even more likely is simply that Elizabeth's dress is new. When you make garments from natural materials you have to make them smaller than you want them to be. Elizabeth's father gives her the dress while she is having her corset put on. He seems not to have realized that the waist will expand by at least an inch about ten minutes after she puts it on as the linen fibers relax. If she had worn it for a little bit before putting her corset on, she likely wouldn't have had this problem.
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother if she's supposed to be able to breathe in the dress who replies "No."
* In ''Film/RememberTheNight'' poor Lee has to wear a corset to fit into Aunt Emma's wedding dress. Aunt Emma tells her that having a 25-inch waist in her time was big and that all the girls tried to get to 19. Ouch!
* The expression on Rose's face in ''Film/Titanic1997'' as her corset is being laced by her mother shows the pain informative of this trope. It's [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]] as her mother is explaining that Rose has no choice but to marry Cal as she laces her up.
* A similar situation arises in the movie of ''Film/TuckEverlasting'', in which Winnie is forced to wear a corset. Her mother tells her "You must suffer to be beautiful, so say the French", to which Winnie replies "Well the French are crazy!". When Winnie is staying with the Tucks, Ma helps her remove the corset, commenting on how she can't understand why women torture themselves with them.
* Esther and Rose Smith experience this in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis''.
-->'''Rose''': You look grand, simply elegant.\\
'''Esther''': I feel elegant but I ''can't breathe''.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', when Elizabeth is being dressed in a corset, Governor Swann tells her it's the fashion in London. She replies, "Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe...!"
-->'''Gov. Swan:''' "What do you think?"(of the dress, corset included)\\
'''Elizabeth:''' "It's *GASP* [[{{Pun}} difficult to say]]."
** Despite Elizabeth's corsets being based in an era where they were designed to be more comfortable and supportive than nearly any other era, there actually is some logic to this particular example. Elizabeth has lived her entire life in Port Royal, where fashion trends of the time probably take several months to arrive from places like London and Paris, if not years, and has probably been wearing softer stays where the emphasis was less on shrinking her waist and more on lifting her bust (like a modern camisole with a built-in bra). The corset her father buys her was likely intended to be worn by a woman whose body had been somewhat corset-trained since age twelve or so, and who would not feel too squeezed by it at all. Elizabeth, on the other hand, hasn't experienced that, so the amount of constriction probably ''would'' feel shockingly painful to her and alter her breathing to the point of her later collapse.
--->'''Pirate''': I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!\\
'''Elizabeth''': You like pain? ''*whacks him over the head with a pole*'' Try wearing a corset!
** It's also likely that the woman lacing the corset didn't know how to do it properly, and just laced it as tight as she could. Which is ''not'' how to properly lace a corset, [[TruthInTelevision and can indeed lead to shortness of breath and fainting.]]
** Even more likely is simply that Elizabeth's dress is new. When you make garments from natural materials you have to make them smaller than you want them to be. Elizabeth's father gives her the dress while she is having her corset put on. He seems not to have realized that the waist will expand by at least an inch about ten minutes after she puts it on as the linen fibers relax. If she had worn it for a little bit before putting her corset on, she likely wouldn't have had this problem.
* ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'': When Paige is being laced tightly into an elegant dress she asks Eddie's mother if she's supposed to be able to breathe in the dress who replies "No."
* In ''Film/RememberTheNight'' poor Lee has to wear a corset to fit into Aunt Emma's wedding dress. Aunt Emma tells her that having a 25-inch waist in her time was big and that all the girls tried to get to 19. Ouch!
* The expression on Rose's face in ''Film/Titanic1997'' as her corset is being laced by her mother shows the pain informative of this trope. It's [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]] as her mother is explaining that Rose has no choice but to marry Cal as she laces her up.
* A similar situation arises in the movie of ''Film/TuckEverlasting'', in which Winnie is forced to wear a corset. Her mother tells her "You must suffer to be beautiful, so say the French", to which Winnie replies "Well the French are crazy!". When Winnie is staying with the Tucks, Ma helps her remove the corset, commenting on how she can't understand why women torture themselves with them.
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* In the ''Peter Pan'' fic ''Fanfic/EntrancingWendy'', Wendy wears corsets that hurt to move much in.
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* In ''Fanfic/NotOldAloneOrDoneFor'', Wendy finds Edwardian-era corsets to be uncomfortable. This accentuates her nonconformity compared to other women.
* Near the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheirBond'', Zelda nearly suffocates because her corset is too restrictive. In this case, her corset was tied unusually tight.
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The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, some not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, some women would pass out from corsets too tightly laced, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science), and the constant use of corsets could result in misshapen rib-cages. (Luckily for corset-wearers, that level of extreme tightlacing was [[BrieferThanTheyThink not in fashion for very long]].)
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The trope is {{older than radio}}, as a lot of literature -- some medically sound, some most not -- was produced in the nineteenth century regarding the dangers in corset-wearing. In the 21st century, people who have worn one are split: some think it feels nice, some think it is indeed uncomfortable, and some [[CasualKink think it hurts but enjoy that]]. This can be ''very'' TruthInTelevision - when very small waists were the height of fashion and beauty, some women would pass out from corsets too tightly laced, there were reports of death (though none have yet been substantiated by modern science), and the constant use of corsets could result in misshapen rib-cages. (Luckily for corset-wearers, that level of extreme tightlacing was [[BrieferThanTheyThink not in fashion for very long]].)
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* ''Film/TheHandmaiden'': Hideko starts dressing up Sook-hee in her clothes on a whim, and Sook-Hee isn't used to the tight undergarments.
-->'''Sook-Hee''': [The brassiere]'s suffocating. How do ladies wear such things?
-->'''Hideko''': ...you think this is suffocating?
-->(GilliganCut to Sook-Hee shrieking as Hideko laces her into the full corset, steadying herself with a foot on Sook-Hee's back and yanking the lace)
-->'''Sook-Hee''': Miss, you're killing me!
-->'''Sook-Hee''': [The brassiere]'s suffocating. How do ladies wear such things?
-->'''Hideko''': ...you think this is suffocating?
-->(GilliganCut to Sook-Hee shrieking as Hideko laces her into the full corset, steadying herself with a foot on Sook-Hee's back and yanking the lace)
-->'''Sook-Hee''': Miss, you're killing me!
