Le "Corset" Viewed by Hubert Barrere

The whole fashion new wave -- from Jean-Paul Gaultier to John Galliano, passing by Alexander McQueen or even Stella McCartney -- see the corset as an elegant and erotic cloth, and an enchanting accessory able to spice up their creations. -From Hubert Barrere's website

Coming from the military dress, the corset has lost its defensive role and character to become a tool of seduction over the centuries. While it is currently peaking again, French fashion designer Hubert Barrere teams up with art critic Charles-Arthur Boyer to tell the story.

Hubert Barrere, known for his designs of corsets, has collaborated with leading luxury brands such as Dior, Chanel, and Dolce Gabbana. In 1996, he received the Grand Prix de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Also artistic director of the embroiderer Hurel, the fashion designer was elected president of the Paris Fashion Group in 2008. His creations are presented throughout the world.

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Three measures of lace, a score of corset-steel, corset cloth for the countenance, quilt "to give some flesh," eyelets and a lot of imagination......

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Three measures of lace, a score of corset-steel, corset cloth for the countenance, quilt "to give some flesh," eyelets and a lot of imagination......

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[Chicookie]

11:40 AM on 06/15/2011

Corsets are sexy yes but they are so uncomfortable! Bleh!

[SF TKF]

10:42 AM on 06/15/2011

Most of these don't appear to actually be corsests. They are simply back-lacing garments.

[caroline gray]

10:28 AM on 06/15/2011

I love corsetry and am happy I am not alive in the era of their everyday usage. (Unless reincarnation is real and I was in the western world a little over a century ago, but at least I don't remember now; )

[noaxe397]

09:11 AM on 06/15/2011

The seduction factor comes from the fact that a woman must be very confident to wear a corset and a confident woman is very sexy.

[SaraDecember]

07:30 PM on 06/14/2011

LOVE corsets! Thank you for putting this together, Evelyne.
LOVE 1, 2, and 6. But #9? Uhhh. not so much!

[Evelyne Politanoff]

08:19 PM on 06/14/2011

They are stunning and #9 is quite unusual!! This particular piece is currently on exhibit at the Boghossian Foundation in Brussels.