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Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed
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Riding habit (left; detail), ca. 1830
American
Courtesy of the Museum of The City of New York
Bicycling jacket (right), 1890s
American
Courtesy of the Block Island Historical Society Collection
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Bustier (left), 1990
Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (b. 1952) for Madonna's "Blond Ambition" Tour, 1990
Courtesy of The MLVC Library and Archive
Men's bra (right), 1990
Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (b. 1952) for Madonna's "Blond Ambition" Tour, 1990
Courtesy of The MLVC Library and Archive
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Corset cover (left), ca. 1914
American
Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Bust enhancer (center), ca. 1900
De Bevoise
Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Hinkley Riggs
Corset cover (right), 1900–1910
American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Hoechst Fiber Industies Fund, 1982 (1982.316.8)
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Print titled "A Little Tighter" (detail), 1791
Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756–1827)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Elisha Whittelsey Collection, Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959 (acc #?)
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Corset, 1750–60
Italian
Gift of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940 (CI 40.173.6a–e)
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Evening dress (detail), spring/summer 1998
Designed by John Galliano (b. 1947) for Christian Dior Haute Couture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Christian Dior Couture, Paris, 1999 (1999.494a–h)
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Crinolette, ca. 1871
English
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase: New York Historical Society (by exchange) and Louise Moore Van Veck Gift, 1985 (1985.27.4)
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Court dress, ca. 1750
English
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1965
(CI 65.13.1a–c)
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Lotus shoes, ca. 1900
Chinese
Courtesy of the Glenn Roberts Collection
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