Many women are lacing up corsets in order to lose weight and get a more shapely figure.

Women's clothing went through an interesting transition in the 1890s. Big changes took place in how the clothes were made, bought and worn.

On the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration in 1913, 5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., demanding the vote. In addition to banners and programs, the women used ...

And compared to the restrictive, metal corsets that women were used to jamming their bodies into, the bra was the epitome of relief.

Jones attended the event in a velvet and beaded cocktail dress featuring a dark chocolate scoop-neck corset bodice and a black sequinned skirt.