History Main / OfCorsetsSexy

* In ''[[Literature/ElementalMasters Jolene]]'', Anna May Jones longs for a corset (along with hairpins to put up her hair) as a sign that she is a young woman, but her family is too poor to even afford a homemade one. When she goes to live with her Aunt Jinny, her aunt buys her one and she thrilled, especially with how nice her clothes lie over the corset. Anna does feel a bit guilty about the cost to her aunt, but doesn't regret wanting it.

* In ''[[Literature/Elemental masters Jolene]]'', Anna May Jones longs for a corset (along with hairpins to put up her hair) as a sign that she is a young woman, but her family is too poor to even afford a homemade one. When she goes to live with her Aunt Jinny, her aunt buys her one and she thrilled, especially with how nice her clothes lie over the corset. Anna does feel a bit guilty about the cost to her aunt, but doesn't regret wanting it.

* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Former]] Music/{{Versailles}} bassist Jasmine You wore these. This is notable mostly because [[WholesomeCrossdresser he was a man]]... a man who could pull off a corset [[StupidSexyFlanders better than most women can]].

* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse doesn't have the {{Striperiffic}} costume Comicbook/ScarletWitch wears in the comics, but once she joins the Avengers, her suit has a corset (Wanda already spent [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron her debut]] in a cleavaged shirt, so she clearly has no excessive modesty).

* A unique example, the Slime girl from ''Manga/DeadlineSummonner'' wears one as her default outfit. Why? We don't know.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Asuna and Setsuna are forced into this, and despite the obviously awkward structure of the outfit itself (never mind the undergarment), they managed to fight at full strength.
** Far later in the series, Yuuna is shown fighting in this as well [[spoiler:as it is included with her pactio.]]

* One of these is Casey Lynch's alternate costume in ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III]]''.

* ''Film/{{Bunni}}'': Lisa wears a black corset in the video of her torturing her husband for his [[YourCheatingHeart infidelity]], and as the killer.

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--->'''Willow:''' [[OfCorsetHurts It's a little binding.]] I guess vampires really don't have to breathe. ''[looks down at her chest]'' [[BuxomIsBetter Gosh, look at those]]. ''[[[AllMenArePerverts male Scoobies all look embarrassed]]]''

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* Ruby Rose of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' wears a corset as part of her usual ensemble of clothes. It does not hinder her combat skills in any way, shape or form. Pyrrha also wears one that's attached to her chest armor.
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* Sydney Savage wears a corset in ''ComicBook/DangerGirl: Back In Black''. Unfortunately, she [[WardrobeMalfunction finds out the hard way that such attire is not good for riding a motorcycle in the open road]].

* Mrs. Peel wore one in the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" of ''Series/TheAvengers'', which was about a resurrected Hellfire Club.
* In one of the ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' TV Movies (''River of Souls''), a shady businessman runs a holo-brothel Down Below. One of his more popular models is Captain Elizabeth Lochley in a corset. It's especially popular with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer the female customers]].

In "Western Show", an episode of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', not only does Theresa say she likes the corset she's wearing, but then Jerry asks why he doesn't have one.

* Clotilde and Madeleine wear corsets in several scenes in the 2011 version of ''Film/BelAmi''; Madeleine has sex with Georges in one scene while wearing her pink satin corset, and Georges laces Clotilde into her powder-blue corset after a tryst.

* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' wears one under her shirt, and then [[FanService without a shirt]] after her original outfit is soaked with blood. The game even makes you cinch it up for her at one point after it becomes loose. Worth pointing out that it's rarely if ever played for fanservice (and that goes double for the bit where you have to cinch it up).

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* Internet babe Vinyl Meow (also known as Amy Villainous) is almost ''never'' seen without a corset. This might be one reason why she looks nowhere near the 200 pounds her modelling profile lists (the other being her enormous breasts).

* ''WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries'': Carmilla Karnstein absolutely rocks one paired with her trademark leather pants, well and truly engaging a DuelOfSeduction with Laura.

* Yashiro in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' wears one, although curiously she wears it ''over'' her shirt.
* Yggdra and Monica from ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' are both drawn wearing corsets (and Yggdra starts out with an item called the Silk Corset equipped). Seeing as the game is in a vaguely medieval-renaissance-industrial-revolution-type era, it only makes sense that Yggdra (as a princess) might have to wear one. [[FridgeLogic Seeing as Monica is a peasant, though, she shouldn't be able to afford hers...]]

* ''VideoGame/FableII'' has it as an option, if worn by a female hero, it raises the attractiveness stats by a considerable amount. [[WholesomeCrossDresser when worn by a male hero on the other hand...]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'' has several {{NPC}}s and supernatural non-humans in corsets. Most notable are the [[HornyDevils Succubus]], higher level versions of which drop a (non-wearable) corset; and NPC nightclub singer Rua, who wears a [[MsFanservice rather brief version]].

* One of these is Casey Lynch's alternate costume in ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III]]''.
* [[TheGunslinger Gun-toting]] SheFu extraordinaire Saika Magoichi from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wears a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless]] corset that only seems to stay on through sheer force of will.

* The female prostitutes at the Blooming Rose in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' wear variously colored corsets and nothing else... as does, perhaps surprisingly, the wide-eyed innocent [[BadassAdorable Merrill]] if you romance her.
* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' wears one under her shirt, and then [[FanService without a shirt]] after her original outfit is soaked with blood. The game even makes you cinch it up for her at one point after it becomes loose. Worth pointing out that it's rarely if ever played for fanservice (and that goes double for the bit where you have to cinch it up).

* A zigzagged version of the trope appears in VideoGame/FallenLondon, where one can buy a dress that comes with a corset. Due to the nature of the game, you won't get to actually see anyone wearing the corset, but the text does acknowledge that it does "wonders for the figure" (and can also stop a knife).
* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has an unnamed LadyOfBlackMagic who wears a red, purple and black corset.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'', Shantae's friend Sky wears a [[BareYourMidriff cropped]] corset as part of her outfit from "Shantae and the Pirate's Curse" on. The cups on her corset have a distinctive bird egg pattern that matches the colors of her pet bird, Wrench.

* The Princess Zelda from ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' wears one underneath an armored breastplate.
* In the mobile phone game ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' many of the outfits from the Pigeon Kingdom feature corsets.

* Robin in the ''Webcomic/CogaNito'' Hallowe'en special mentions she's wearing one as part of her Vampira outfit.
* ''Webcomic/KimchiCuddles'': Nora is delighted to learn that her new girlfriend Crystal is wearing a corset under her clothes.

* ''Webcomic/BoundAdventures'': The world is dominatrix themed, so corsets are commonly worn as everyday wear (though not as common as a SpyCatsuit). Princess Irina prefers her corsets [[PrettyInMink trimmed with ermine]].

* In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Padme Amidala wears a black dress with a mermaid skirt, leather corset, and feather shawl in the fireside scene.
* In ''Film/TheLegendOfFrenchieKing'', Maria Sarrazin is conveniently wearing one when her rival forces her into singing in front of the entire village.
* One of the first shots in ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' is a line of lady servants getting their corsets cinched up. The empress also wears a corset-like garment. [[AuthorAppeal There are a lot of heaving bosoms in this movie. A lot.]]
* In ''Film/TheGreatRace'' [[Creator/NatalieWood Maggie DuBois]] spends a significant portion of the Carpania sequence [[Main/MsFanservice dressed only in a corset]]. It gets even better when she is covered head to toe in whipped cream (she got in the middle of [[Main/PieInTheFace the biggest pie fight in movie history]]), which [[Main/IgnoreTheFanservice no one else even notices]].
* An early scene in the ''Film/TheHandmaiden'' involves Sook-hee helping Hideko out of her dress and corset, and then turning around for her to return the favor. Not much skin is shown, but it's one of the earliest moments of sexual tension between the two, with Sook-hee's inner monologue highlighting the inherent allure of the garments:
-->'''Sook-Hee:''' Ladies truly are the dolls of maids. All these buttons are for my amusement. If I undo the buttons and pull out the cords, then, the sweet things within, those sweet and soft things… If I were still a pickpocket I’d slip my hand inside.

* The protagonist of Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/SteelBeach'' adopts corsets when she moves into a Victorian-era historical reenactment community (even though period underwear is not required) on the theory that anything worth doing is worth doing right. She freely admits the titillation factor played a significant role in her decision.

* ''Literature/GemmaDoyle'': The covers of the first and last novels of the trilogy both have the backs of corseted girls.
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', veteran Assassin Lady T'Malia, a stately lady of deliberately uncertain age, strives for this look. Observers agree there is no doubt she is still beautiful, but note this is high-maintenance beauty that needs a lot of supporting scaffolding. Her presence is usually announced by alarming creaking reminiscent of a galleon in full sail in a high wind as heavy-duty corseting strives to do its job against structural stresses.

* Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has a few; they go rather nicely with her [[PerkyGoth tiny miniskirts and combat boots]].

* This seems to extend to ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', as sexy vampire [[FemmeFatale Katherine]] wears one even when she's in bed. Sorta justified, as she lives in Civil War America. She seems to have ditched them in the present though.
* Just about all the actresses, both lead and extra, in ''{{Series/Dracula}}'' wear corsets under their gowns and dresses or visibly in some scenes.
* Mrs. Peel wore one in the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" of ''Series/TheAvengers'', which was about a resurrected Hellfire Club.

* Considering her FemmeFataleSpy status, it is not too surprising that [[Series/{{Alias}} Sydney Bristow]] ended up in one on more than one occasion. One incident involved Sydney singing in a nightclub (it wasn't apparently that good), sidling her way over to TheDragon during it, with the objective being to get his biometric data for later use in cracking his security system.
* In one of the ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' TV Movies (''River of Souls''), a shady businessman runs a holo-brothel Down Below. One of his more popular models is Captain Elizabeth Lochley in a corset. It's especially popular with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer the female customers]].
* In "Western Show", an episode of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', not only does Theresa say she likes the corset she's wearing, but then Jerry asks why he doesn't have one.
* Aside from the 'corset-as-outer-wear' that the Queen wears as part of her costume, ''Series/QueenOfSwords'' (being set in 1817) also features the female cast wearing corsets as the more traditional undergarment. [[MostWritersAreMale Naturally]] the writers never pass up an opportunity to show TheVamp Vera lounging around in her corset waiting for her lover.
* The ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Spell" has the witches in corsets, as mentioned in the commentary, and when Lana's boyfriend asks her why she's dressed like that she says it makes her feel sexy. At the end of the episode Clark says that the witch who had possessed Lana had been aggressively sexy so Lana calls her an evil slut.
* ''Series/LostGirl'': Kenzi regularly wears corsets as outerwear, usually on top of her shirt. This is no small part of her PerkyGoth image. In the first four seasons, she is rarely seen ''not'' wearing one, except when she's going undercover in a mundane role.
* ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently'': Wanda Lane dons a merry widow and [[StockingFiller fishnet stockings]] when she attempts to seduce Gently in "The Burning Man".
* All three of the Halliwell sisters wear them in season 3 of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', Phoebe in particular.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'''s Detective Kate Beckett dons a couple of corseted costumes in the episode "Once Upon a Time in the West" as she gets into the spirit of the cowboy-themed resort she and Castle are investigating, the first time leaving Castle tongue-tied upon initially seeing his new wife.

* ''Series/{{Community}}'': The show takes every opportunity to put Annie in a corset. She's in one in her Little Red Riding Hood costume in the second Halloween episode, she spends the entire Western-themed paintball episode in a corset [[{{Stripperiffic}} and little else]] (she had a skirt, but lost it when the game started), and in the third Halloween episode she's in a corset in her horror story.
* Male example in ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie''. An overweight ballroom dancer ties a corset around his waist to make himself appear thinner. Unfortunately, he ties it so tight that it compresses his chest, causing one of his ribs to break and puncture his heart, killing him.
* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' frequently has queens who showcase corseted looks (or at least waist cinching) but none so small as Violet Chachki.

* Ruby in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' wear one of these as a default outfit, [[CosplayOtakuGirl when she's not in a costume for the lulz]]. She's quite aware of the sexiness factor, and quite often uses this to her advantage as well.
** Moka's mother Akasha combines a fiery corset and a pair of [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] under her dress, as revealed [[spoiler: during her sacrificial attempt to go Medieval on Alucard's ass.]]
* Though she changes her outfit regularly, [[MsFanservice Mai Valentine]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' always keeps a basque/bustier as an accessory.
* Male example: Loran Cehack from ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' is ordered to show up at the party arranged by the Moon Race as the Turn A Gundam's pilot, though the Moon Race were told he was a female pilot named Laura. Kihel thought Loran was feminine enough and filled out a dress well, but added a corset just to make it more convincing.

* Einhart Stratos of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'' wears an underbust corset as part of her standard outfit.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': There's the resident DarkActionGirl Adiane the Elegant who combined a corset with her tail whip and [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] for maximum sexiness.

* Slan, the only female member of the Godhand from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' pretty much wears one as her only article of clothing. And it's an underbust. To make it even kinkier, she wears a neck corset too.

* A unique example, the Slime girl from ''Manga/DeadlineSummonner'' wears one as her default outfit. Why? We don't know.
* In a ''very'' unusual instance, the male VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[BrokenAce Light Yagami]], wears a corset under his shirt for a portion of the story... in order to hide [[PersonOfMassDestruction his favorite]] [[ArtifactOfDeath murder weapon]]. Of course, in the anime version, he finds an [[TrouserSpace equally awkward place to keep it]].
* The BigBad of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', appropriately named [[ThemeNaming Corset]], pretty much makes it a mission in life to [[AvertedTrope avert the hell out of this trope as hard as he possibly can]]. OfCorsetHurts, though... but he wouldn't have it any other way.
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': Seen in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ghost_Talker%27s_Daydream_cover.jpg the anime's cover art]], which shows Misaki in her S&M attire, which she almost always wears under her street clothes, since she's [[{{dominatrix}} a dominatrix.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Official manga scans and concept art show that [[AloofDarkhairedGirl Oboro]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady Tsukimigusa]] wears white lingerie under his Prefect uniform; including a corset with garter belts and thonged panties.

* In ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the female members of the Crucible all wear dominatrix-style outfits.

* In ComicBook/{{X 23}} when Laura is taken in she is offered to pick from Megan's clothing. She picks out gothic fetish wear and has rolled with this ever since.
* This is part of Screamqueen's (who is a goth girl vampire) standard outfit in ''ComicBook/ScareTactics'', and she is definitely the sexiest member of the band.

* DependingOnTheArtist ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} is sometimes depicted as wearing one. This is the route Creator/GrantMorrison went with in ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers''.
* ''ComicBook/EmmaFrost'' look when she was the White Queen in the Hellfire Club.
* The only possible explanation for the decision to costume the ComicBook/New52 ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} in what amounts to a super tight black corset and painted on pants when Eve had previously always worn some variety of turtleneck in her costumed identity.

* The page quote comes from the 1956 musical ''The First Traveling Saleslady'', starring Creator/GingerRogers and Creator/CarolChanning. Paradoxically, Rogers spends most of the movie trying to hawk barbed wire in Texas (and eluding ranchers, including her love interest, deeply opposed to same) while disguising herself as what she originally was, a corset saleswoman!
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': Elizabeth is made to wear one in an early scene because it was "the latest fashion in London" and she was going to meet a suitor. In the audio commentary Creator/KeiraKnightley says her cleavage was painted on. Quickly shifts into OfCorsetsPainful because, being unaccustomed to corsets, she passes out from the sudden lack of oxygen less than ten minutes later.
* Rita Escobar, the love interest of both of the main characters from ''Film/WildWildWest'', and several other gorgeous women in corsets are one of the film's better points.
* ''Film/Underworld2003''. Selene wears a corset ''over'' her [[SpyCatsuit black leather (pleather? latex? vinyl?) catsuit]]. The sequel implies that the corset has an actual function: being bullet-resistant, which comes in handy when the character gets buckshot straight to the chest. The corset comes away with only minor damage, and Selene just gets pissed off.
* Several of the characters from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' appear in corsets and fishnets for the final act, albeit under mind control.

* As if she needed any more help catching male viewers' attention, Lilah in ''Film/JonahHex'' wears a couple of shockingly tight corsets.
* Creator/SophiaLoren strips to a black corset and stockings for an examination by (and an unsuccessful attempt by her to seduce) doctor Creator/PeterSellers in ''The Millionairess''.

* Clotilde and Madeleine wear corsets in several scenes in the 2011 version of ''Film/BelAmi''; Madeleine has sex with Georges in one scene while wearing her pink satin corset, and Georges laces Clotilde into her powder-blue corset after a tryst.
* Miriam strips down to her corset (and then removes it, slipping under the sheets nude except for black silk drawers) during her first bedroom scene in ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery''.
* The intense desire of Patti Robinson to be allowed to wear corsets as a mark of her transition to young womanhood is a key plot point in the early-1950's musical ''Two Weeks With Love''. She wants to wear corsets so much, in fact, that she even has fantasies about them, set to the music of the aria from ''The Chocolate Soldier''; she swans around wearing only a snug corset, [[HighClassGloves long white gloves]], [[StockingFiller fishnet tights]], high heels and a picture hat, drawing the attention of every man around her like a lodestone!
* One scene in the 1962 comedy ''Film/ItHappenedInAthens'' features Eleni Costa stripping down to her underwear, revealing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjNRyrkVYA an impressively tight corset]]. It is in that state of undress that she first meets and tries to seduce a young man, Spiridon Loues, whom she finds taking a shower in her bathroom.
* Lina Cavalieri fights a sword duel while stripped down to her camisole and corset (with a pair of tight pants and cavalier-style boots) in one scene in ''La Donna Piu' Bella Del Mondo'' ("Beautiful But Dangerous"), and is clearly tightly corseted in several other scenes under her GorgeousPeriodDress.
* Odette is shown donning a corset (with the help of her maid) in an early scene in ''Swann In Love''.

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* A few characters from the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' wear these as part of their costume:
** The Sorceress, a [[{{Satan}} devil-worshipping]] witch, wears the {{Stripperific}} corset-and-thong combo.
** The [[{{Necromancer}} Bone White Queen]] wears a corset in combination with a ShowgirlSkirt.
** The heroic telepath Bella wears a corset-and-skirt combination.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. A requirement for female vampires, who don't have to breathe, as [[LampshadeHanging noticed]] by Willow Rosenberg when DressingAsTheEnemy (in this case, her MirrorUniverse counterpart, Vampire Willow).
--> '''Willow:''' [[OfCorsetHurts It's a little binding.]] I guess vampires really don't have to breathe. ''(looks down at her chest)'' [[BuxomIsBetter Gosh, look at those]]. ''([[AllMenArePerverts male Scoobies all look embarrassed]])''

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* A few characters from the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' wear these as part of their costume:
** The Sorceress, a [[{{Satan}} devil-worshipping]] witch, wears the {{Stripperific}} corset-and-thong combo.
** The [[{{Necromancer}} Bone White Queen]] wears a corset in combination with a ShowgirlSkirt.
** The heroic telepath Bella wears a corset-and-skirt combination.

* [[WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries Carmilla Karnstein]] absolutely rocks one paired with her trademark leather pants, well and truly engaging a DuelOfSeduction with Laura.
* Ruby Rose of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' wears a corset as part of her usual ensemble of clothes. It does not hinder her combat skills in any way, shape or form. Pyrrha also wears one that's attached to her chest armor.

* An early scene in the ''{{Film/TheHandmaiden}}'' involves Sook-hee helping Hideko out of her dress and corset, and then turning around for her to return the favor. Not much skin is shown, but it's one of the earliest moments of sexual tension between the two, with Sook-hee's inner monologue highlighting the inherent allure of the garments: