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| 13 | ->''"Now, a corset can do a lot for a lady'' \ |
| 14 | ''Especially when a lady's got a lot''\ |
| 15 | ''And a lady can do a lot for that cor-set''\ |
| 16 | ''By filling in the bottom and top."'' |
| 17 | -->-- "A Corset Can Do a Lot For a Lady", ''The First Travelling Saleslady'' |
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| 19 | The corset, that most evocative of undergarments. Of course it's sexy. Designed to shape a woman's silhouette, it has captured the erotic imagination for centuries due to its ability to shrink the waist, define the hips, and to create heaving bosoms where once there were none. Even after the corset fell out of fashion in the early 20th century[[note]]due in part to the rise of the brassiere[[/note]], it has remained a feature in period films and fetish magazines. More recently, the wily corset has gone through a renaissance of sorts--now often worn as outerwear--thanks in part to the popularity of movies like ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and the increased public interest in things like the {{Goth}} and [[SteamPunk steam]]/{{dieselpunk}} genre, not to mention the resurgence of the burlesque scene. |
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| 21 | In older fiction, corsets were sometimes used to provide mild fanservice -- yes, [[FullyClothedNudity everything's covered, but a woman's corset is still part of her underwear]]. Newer works get a similar reaction because corsets today are fetish or specialty wear -- a 21st-century woman in a corset has a certain exotic allure without showing too much skin. |
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| 23 | Can involve ImpossiblyLowNeckline, SexyCoatFlashing. See also OfCorsetHurts for another common use of the garment in fiction. |
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| 26 | !!Examples: |
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| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 31 | * 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. |
| 32 | * A unique example, the Slime girl from ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' wears one as her default outfit. Why? We don't know. |
| 33 | * 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]]. |
| 34 | * While every woman in ''Manga/EmmaAVictorianRomance'' wears a corset, one scene in the manga stands out: 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, as a prelude for impromptu sexy-time. |
| 35 | * ''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.]] |
| 36 | * Einhart Stratos of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'' wears an underbust corset as part of her standard outfit. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/MakenKi'': Himegami specializes in [[UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion Ero Lolia fashion]], particularly when it comes to her choice of lingerie. Almost all of it is dark silk trimmed with ribbons and lace, consisting of corsets, see-through teddies, garter belts, and nylons. Though her peers and under classmen usually don't get to see it since it's hidden under her school uniform. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Marin's second cosplay, Black Lobelia, has a corset as the body piece. She even lampshades the trope, describing corsets as being "mysteriously enticing, something between sweet and spicy". |
| 39 | * In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': |
| 40 | ** 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. |
| 41 | ** Far later in the series, Yuuna is shown fighting in this as well [[spoiler:as it is included with her pactio.]] |
| 42 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'' has TeamMom [[BrokenBird Robin]], wearing one of these, possibly a gift from her [[HeelFaceTurn previous]] boss, [[DiabolicalMastermind Mr.]] [[ThePaidForHarem O]], since running around [[AdventureArchaeologist ruins]] in that and [[ZettaiRyouiki fishnets]] is hardly practical. |
| 43 | * 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. |
| 44 | * Ruby in ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' 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. |
| 45 | ** Moka's mother Akasha combines a fiery corset and a pair of short shorts under her dress, as revealed [[spoiler: during her sacrificial attempt to go Medieval on Alucard's ass.]] |
| 46 | * ''Literature/{{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. |
| 47 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': There's the resident DarkActionGirl Adiane the Elegant who combined a corset with her tail whip and [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]] for maximum sexiness. |
| 48 | * In the first episode of ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' a bizarre, bionically augmented woman wears a red one as she has sex with Ichise. |
| 49 | * 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. |
| 50 | ** The author's commentary for that particular scene enhances the sexy part, with the author musing about the sexual implications and intimacy brought by a male lacing his wife (or his FrenchMaid)'s outfit. |
| 51 | * Though she changes her outfit regularly, [[MsFanservice Mai Valentine]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' always keeps a basque/bustier as an accessory. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 55 | * ''Art/PortraitOfMadameX'': Either a corset or fairly significant boning in the bodice of the dress has given Madame a tiny waist, which of course accents [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure her broad chest and hips]]. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 59 | * ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain White Rabbit wears this, and very little else. |
| 60 | * Sydney Savage wears a zipped-down 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 on the open road]]. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/EmmaFrost'''s look when she was the White Queen in the Hellfire Club. |
| 62 | * In ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the female members of the Crucible all wear dominatrix-style outfits. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'''s central character is a SteamPunk {{Cyborg}} ActionGirl who is never seen without her corset. |
| 64 | * Forms a major part of the attraction of ComicBook/LadyRawhide's costume. |
| 65 | * The only possible explanation for the decision to costume the ComicBook/New52 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. |
| 66 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Sasmira}}'', Bertille is introduced to tightlacing after time-traveling back to 1908, and her boyfriend Stan is very much into it. In volume two, as Bertille, dressed in her underclothes, asks Stan which dress he prefers, he replies that he prefers Bertille as she is. |
| 67 | * This is part of Screamqueen's (who is a goth girl vampire) standard outfit in ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'', and she is definitely the sexiest member of the band. |
| 68 | * 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. |
| 69 | * DependingOnTheArtist ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} is sometimes depicted as wearing one. This is the route Creator/GrantMorrison went with in ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers''. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 73 | * ''Fanfic/AllAlone'': Sophia thinks that Taylor could really rock a corset. Taylor isn't having any of it. They eventually compromise; it gets bought, but Taylor hasn't agreed to wear it. |
| 74 | --> She just waved it at me occasionally in a playfully threatening way. I was considering getting a spray bottle as a way of retaliation. |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Part of [[MsFanservice Olga's]] default outfit that covers her voluptuous body. One example of AdaptationalModesty in this fanfic, compared with her corset with the front and back parts missing as depicted in ''Kuroinu'' canon. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 79 | * In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Padme Amidala wears a black dress with a mermaid skirt, leather corset, and feather shawl in the fireside scene. |
| 80 | * Clotilde and Madeleine wear corsets in several scenes in the 2012 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. |
| 81 | * ''Film/{{Bunni}}'': Lisa wears a black corset in the video of her torturing her husband for his infidelity, and as the killer. |
| 82 | * 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.]] |
| 83 | * 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 ''Film/LaDonnaPiuBellaDelMondo'' ("Beautiful But Dangerous"), and is clearly tightly corseted in several other scenes under her GorgeousPeriodDress. |
| 84 | * The page quote comes from the 1956 film ''Film/TheFirstTravelingSaleslady,'' starring Creator/GingerRogers and Creator/CarolChanning. Rose Gillray (Rogers) is a corset saleswoman who conceives of a corset-centered stage show as a way to promote her wares, with the quoted song being part of her pitch to producers. She manages to get the show made, only to run afoul of the [[MoralGuardians Purity League]], whose members, finding stays too indecent, force the show to close and bring Rose to the brink of ruin. This leads Rose to make an agreement with her steel supplier, which results in her becoming the title's traveling saleslady, hawking barbed wire in Texas (and eluding ranchers, including a love interest, deeply opposed to same) disguised as what she originally was, a corset saleswoman! |
| 85 | * In ''Film/TheGreatRace'' [[Creator/NatalieWood Magie 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]]. |
| 86 | * 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/{{The Great Train Robbery|1978}}'' (1978). |
| 87 | * 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: |
| 88 | -->'''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. |
| 89 | * In ''Film/TheHazing'', Delia's Halloween costume is a PlayboyBunny suit with a tight white corset. At one point, she complains that the house is sealed up tighter than "[[OfCorsetHurts this damn corset]]". |
| 90 | * ''Film/{{Heartbreakers}}'' features Creator/SigourneyWeaver on her wedding night taking off her dress to reveal a sexy blue corset, complete with what's essentially a lace bodysuit. Her husband struggles to take it off and actually has to pull a knife out to do so. |
| 91 | * Creator/MaggieCheung spends much of her screen time in ''Film/IrmaVep'' wearing a fetish bodysuit with a built-in corset. At one point, her body double complains that the corset is too tight, but Maggie replies that she feels fine in hers. |
| 92 | * 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. |
| 93 | * ''Film/JonahHex2010'': As if she needed any more help catching male viewers' attention, Lilah wears a couple of shockingly tight corsets. |
| 94 | * In ''Film/TheLegendOfFrenchieKing'', Maria Sarrazin is conveniently wearing one when her rival forces her into singing in front of the entire village. |
| 95 | * ''Film/AManWithAMaid'': The {{Fanservice Extra}}s in [[MissKitty Madame Helena]]'s cathouse wear corsets and Victorian underthings and nothing else. Later, when Jack is attempting ravish Alice, she has to tell him how to undo her corset while pretending not to. |
| 96 | * The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse doesn't have the {{Stripperiffic}} 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 - though [[Creator/ElizabethOlsen her actress]] [[https://movieweb.com/avengers-infinity-war-scarlet-witch-sexy-costume-elizabeth-olsen/ complained]] that even if she likes corsets, Wanda's makes her the most exposed of the heroines). |
| 97 | * ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' has a sensual wedding night scene between Victor and Elizabeth, where we get several shots of Elizabeth's chest as Victor unlaces her corset in between makeouts. |
| 98 | * 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 ''Film/TheMillionairess''. |
| 99 | * The 1952 version of ''Film/TheMerryWidow'', in addition to featuring its protagonist Crystal Radek (Creator/LanaTurner) sporting her clearly corseted figure through the movie, also includes two sequences where her corsets are actually showcased, along with [[LegFocus nearly indecently short shifts and high heels]]. In the later of these two sequences, Crystal storms out of her hotel room to give her unwanted suitor Count Danilo a piece of her mind, before she quickly returns, exclaiming "I've nothing on!" |
| 100 | * Jane Smith wears a corset as part of her dominatrix outfit (which she wears to get to a mark) in ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005''. |
| 101 | * In ''Film/MurdersInTheRueMorgue1971'', Cesar visits one of his former actresses who is now a [[HighClassCallGirl exclusive courtesan]]. She is dressed in a corset and stockings, and stays dressed that way for when her next client visits her. |
| 102 | * ''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. Coincidentally she's wearing one in the final scene, in which she shares the BigDamnKiss with Will. |
| 103 | * Several of the characters from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' appear in corsets and fishnets for the final act, albeit under mind control. |
| 104 | * Odette is shown donning a corset (with the help of her maid) in an early scene in ''Film/SwannInLove''. |
| 105 | * 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 ''Film/TwoWeeksWithLove''. 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! |
| 106 | * ''Film/UndercoverHeat'' features beautiful police woman Cindy Hansen wearing a PVC version for a client whilst posing as a prostitute in a high class bordello. |
| 107 | * ''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. |
| 108 | * Marias I and II become stage sensations and inadvertently "invent" striptease by undressing down to their corsets and stockings in a key scene in ''Film/VivaMaria''. |
| 109 | * 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. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 113 | * 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. |
| 114 | * ''Literature/GemmaDoyle'': The covers of the first and last novels of the trilogy both have the backs of corseted girls. |
| 115 | * In ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'', Scarlett's corset wearing skills are such that she has the smallest waist in the region, which is cited as one of the main reasons for her appeal. Later on (between and after pregnancies) she absolutely refuses to let go of that waist and demands her servants to lace her up as before. |
| 116 | * Swedish writer Simona Ahrnstedt goes back and forth between this and OfCorsetHurts in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. If a woman shapes her body as much as possible, men will, of course, find her more attractive. But we also get several allusions to how uncomfortable it can be to wear a corset, but a lady is expected to do it anyway. |
| 117 | * 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. |
| 118 | * Tavin, in ''Literature/WitchellASymphony'' has a bit of a thing for corsets, but is aware that they take training, time and a great deal of effort. His older brother makes rude comments about tight-lacing (something polite young men aren't supposed to know about, let alone talk about!) The trope gets played with, however, because the main corset-wearer in the book is Ben, who is a DragQueen. |
| 119 | * 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 is 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. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 123 | * 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. |
| 124 | * ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Considering her FemmeFataleSpy status, it is not too surprising that 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. |
| 125 | * Mrs. Peel wore one in the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', which was about a resurrected Hellfire Club. |
| 126 | * In one of the ''Series/Babylon5'' 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]]. |
| 127 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 128 | ** 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). |
| 129 | --->'''Willow:''' [[OfCorsetHurts It's a little binding.]] I guess vampires really don't have to breathe. ''[looks down at her chest]'' Gosh, look at those. ''[[[MyEyesAreUpHere male Scoobies all look embarrassed]]]'' |
| 130 | ** Anne wore one when she was going through her [[VampireVannabe "Chanterelle" phase]]. |
| 131 | ** Tara wears one as part of the CostumePorn in the MusicalEpisode "Once More With Feeling". As a ShrinkingViolet lesbian, she's a little flummoxed when random males start checking her out. |
| 132 | * ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'''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. |
| 133 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': |
| 134 | ** Phoebe would sometimes wear a corset as part of an outfit, as befitting the sexy one of the sisters. Notable is the episode "Brain Drain", where she wears a floral patterned corset on top of an open blouse. |
| 135 | ** Phoebe also wears a [[LadyInRed sexy red one]] for the end of the episode "Sight Unseen", where she and Cole have their first kiss. |
| 136 | ** Phoebe is also wearing one underneath her wedding dress in "Marry Go Round". When a spell causes the dress to become the wrong size, it falls off as a demon attacks, and he's DistractedByTheSexy. |
| 137 | ** Prue wears a corset as part of her Halloween costume in "All Halliwell's Eve". While Phoebe and Piper are [[HalloweenCosplay dressing as]] Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda]] respectively, Prue's costume just appears to be a HotWitch. |
| 138 | ** The Siren from the episode "Siren Song" is an evil seductress, and completes the image with a tight black corset. |
| 139 | * ''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. |
| 140 | * In ''Series/CoronationStreet'', Rosie Webster tries to seduce someone while wearing a basque. This got the "ban this filth" brigade at the ''Daily Mail'' hot and bothered, and they promptly printed a picture to accompany said article. |
| 141 | * Edie Britt wears a lot of corsets in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Also, Susan when [[spoiler: she resorts to cleaning in lingerie on the internet when Mike runs the family into debt]]. |
| 142 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 143 | ** The 2012 Christmas special, "The Snowmen", features a scene where Clara Oswin Oswald changes clothes in a carriage, with a brief view of her corset in the process. |
| 144 | ** Also, "deranged Film/MaryPoppins" Missy wears one, although it's PlayedForLaughs AND [[PlayedForHorror horror]] because she had spent all her prior lives (as far as we know) as a man, is clearly enjoying every minute in her new body, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and seems to still possess the taste for human flesh acquired in her last incarnation]]. She does look good in it, however. |
| 145 | * Just about all the actresses, both lead and extra, in ''Series/Dracula2013'' wear corsets under their gowns and dresses or visibly in some scenes. Lady Jayne in particularly frequently has a corset on which shows off her cleavage. |
| 146 | * Jool from ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' is introduced wearing a black, [[HellbentForLeather leather]] corset which she keeps for her first few episodes. By the end of the season, she's switched to a version with strategic cut-outs that show off her abs. |
| 147 | * ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently'': Wanda Lane dons a merry widow and [[StockingFiller fishnet stockings]] when she attempts to seduce Gently in "The Burning Man". |
| 148 | * ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': Kahlan, the Mord-Sith and a fair number of female characters all wear corsets which make them look more sexy with their breasts pushed up. It's mocked by Zedd however in his brief magical disguise as a woman in "Mirror" (though he could have been [[DCupDistress referring to her having large breasts]]). |
| 149 | -->'''Zedd:''' How anyone gets around with these... ''things'' on is entirely beyond me. |
| 150 | * ''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. |
| 151 | * Midge's "show corset" plays a significant role in lead-up to [[spoiler: her and Lenny]] sleeping together for the first time on ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel''. Her quips about her corset being "much more likely to suffocate me...it's also prettier" ratchet up the tension between them, he [[spoiler: propositions her by asking to see the show corset, and he takes a minute to blatantly admire her in just the corset once they finally decide to cross that line.]] |
| 152 | * Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has a few; they go rather nicely with her [[PerkyGoth tiny miniskirts and combat boots]]. |
| 153 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'' features a lot of these in the fairy tale world. |
| 154 | ** Princess Aurora's main outfit is a flattering violet dress with a corset on the bodice. Later it's a gag where she assumes Emma's red leather jacket is a strange corset. Aurora notably has two admirers in Prince Philip [[spoiler: and Mulan]]. |
| 155 | ** Belle switches from her gold ballgown to a simpler blue dress that also has a corset, and perhaps coincidentally that's when Rumpelstiltskin starts to fall for her. |
| 156 | ** Although Red Riding Hood is usually covered by her red cloak, her main outfit actually has a corset too, and her backstory episode deals with her growing sexual attraction for her boyfriend Peter. |
| 157 | ** Regina as the Evil Queen favours plenty of corsets as part of her flamboyant CostumePorn. They usually go hand in hand with a NavelDeepNeckline. |
| 158 | ** Emma when she travels back in time to the Enchanted Forest has to blend in by donning a corset as part of her new outfit. While she complains about [[OfCorsetHurts "the impression this corset is making on my spleen"]], Hook notably finds her quite attractive in it. |
| 159 | ** The Blind Witch has a black corset with a CleavageWindow and is actually quite predatory towards children, lending this an air of FanDisservice. |
| 160 | ** The Black Fairy, fittingly as an evil FemmeFatale, has many an outfight with corsets. In fact, her StartOfDarkness episode shows her gaining a corsetted outfit as part of her EvilCostumeSwitch. |
| 161 | * 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. |
| 162 | * ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' frequently has queens who showcase corseted looks (or at least waist cinching) but none so small as Violet Chachki. |
| 163 | * 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. |
| 164 | * 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. |
| 165 | * In the ''{{Series/VIP}}'' episode “Vallery’s Secret”, corsets make up most of lingerie designer’s Cleo Robbins’s output, and after she hires Vallery to inspire and model a new line, Vallery spends most of the episode sporting them and luxuriating in their feel. The ending even teases at her choosing to make them part of her regular wardrobe, until her co-workers dissuade her from doing so by reminding her how much she loves her usual, allegedly less serious, aesthetic. |
| 166 | * 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. |
| 167 | * Lynda Carter's version of ''Series/WonderWoman'' features her in an ultra patriotic one and is the best remembered aspect of the series. |
| 168 | * ''Series/Xena;WarriorPrincess'': Xena's armoured battle corset is quite a sight to behold. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 173 | * Music/EmilieAutumn is very, very big on corsets. [[MsFanservice And she doesn't skimp on how tightly they're laced, either, even during concerts.]] |
| 174 | * Sharon den Adel, lead singer of Music/WithinTemptation, who designs all her stage clothes herself (she studied fashion before becoming a professional singer) usually wears a corset on stage. |
| 175 | * Corsets are pretty much staples in the wardrobe of any lead female singer of most GothicMetal, {{industrial}}, {{darkwave}}, or related music acts. |
| 176 | * Cherie Currie of the Runaways wore a white corset/basque as her trademark stage gear, as a quick google of her name immediately demonstrates. |
| 177 | * Music/{{Madonna}}: The woman was infamous for her corsets back in the '80s. |
| 178 | * 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]]. |
| 179 | * Some of the pictures in the CD booklet for Music/{{Rihanna}}'s ''Music/{{Rated R|RihannaAlbum}}'', combined with HandOrObjectUnderwear. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 183 | * The backglass for ''Pinball/BlackRose'' shows Captain Rose going into battle wearing a cape and a blood-red corset. |
| 184 | * The dominatrix Rider of Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}'' wears a tight black leather corset. |
| 185 | * In ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera,'' Christine is shown near the bottom of the playfield wearing a corset and robe. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 189 | * Standard part of [[Wrestling/MollyHolly Lady Ophelia]]'s ring gear. She also wore them near the end of her time as Mona in WCW in 2000 (in place of the MinidressOfPower + CleavageWindow) and late in her time in WWE, but she had already been branded as HollywoodHomely by that time. |
| 190 | * Wrestling/{{Daffney| Unger}} wore corsets when hosting SHINE 3 and SHINE 5. |
| 191 | * {{Downplayed| trope}} by April Hunter in SHINE, who frequently wears her corset somewhat loose and on top of something else. |
| 192 | * Averted a UCW Zero by Fella Twin Chip, who wore a Batman Corset as part of a Halloween event in 2014. |
| 193 | * Wrestling/BeckyLynch started wearing one when she went to the main roster. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 197 | * ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'': Duella Dent's {{Steampunk}} inspired costume consists of a corset, [[StockingFiller garter belt and stockings]], opera gloves, a top hat, and [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]]. |
| 198 | * Diamond Select Toys' ''[[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]]'' line cast [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/ums_lw.php Lucy Westenra]] as a steampunk monster hunter, complete with corset and CleavageWindow vest. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 202 | * ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' puts Harley Quinn in one as part of her NaughtyNurseOutfit. |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' maintains the corset despite Harley's "biker chick" costume change. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOec9XppZpw This teaser trailer]] almost seems specifically designed to show the outfit off. |
| 204 | * Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' wears one under her shirt, and then 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). |
| 205 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': |
| 206 | ** The vampire Stella, from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', wears one as part of her costume. |
| 207 | ** The succubus from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' wears a corset, albeit one that only covers her waist and leaves her breasts exposed. |
| 208 | * Among other stripperific costumes, most of the modded heavy armor in the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' mod ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' turned into external corsets and panties. And nothing else. |
| 209 | * Trish from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' wears one with a giant thunderbolt-shaped slit down the front. |
| 210 | * 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. |
| 211 | * Young Lescanzi Witches in ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeIII'' tend to favor this look, including playable character Katarina and [[spoiler: her sister]] Leona. [[spoiler: Also confirmed by a WhereAreTheyNow segment if you turn control of Gunderic Manor over to Leona.]] |
| 212 | * ''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...]] |
| 213 | * 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). |
| 214 | * Forte Stollen of ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' wears a black corset over her purple dress in her military uniform, accentuating her curvaceous figure. |
| 215 | * One of these is Casey Lynch's alternate costume in ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III]]'' Pandora also has one as part of her bridal costume in World Tour, Smash Hits and Van Halen. |
| 216 | * The Princess Zelda from ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' wears one underneath an armored breastplate. |
| 217 | * In the mobile phone game ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' many of the outfits from the Pigeon Kingdom feature corsets. |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'' has several {{NPC}}s and supernatural non-humans in corsets. Most notable are the [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]], higher level versions of which drop a (non-wearable) corset; and NPC nightclub singer Rua, who wears a [[MsFanservice rather brief version]]. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has an unnamed LadyOfBlackMagic who wears a red, purple and black corset. |
| 220 | * Natasha from ''VideoGame/RustyHearts'' wears a midriff-baring one. |
| 221 | * [[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. |
| 222 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'', Shantae's friend Sky wears a 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. |
| 223 | * FemmeFatale Belleza from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' wears one ''over a turtleneck''. |
| 224 | * Squigly in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' wears a corset that gives her an improbable HartmanHips figure. It's quite possible the corset is actually crushing her organs, but as an [[CuteMonsterGirl adorable]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent magically-animated zombie]], she doesn't need them. |
| 225 | * Yashiro in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' wears one, although curiously she wears it ''over'' her shirt. |
| 226 | * 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...]] |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 230 | * ''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]]. |
| 231 | * Robin in the ''Webcomic/CogaNito'' Hallowe'en special mentions she's wearing one as part of her Vampira outfit. |
| 232 | * Lucy, the Daiva of Lust, in ''Webcomic/DevilBear'' wears a corset as part of her standard wardrobe. |
| 233 | * Agatha in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is known to wear corsets over her clothes. They work ''very'' well for her. |
| 234 | * ''Webcomic/KimchiCuddles'': Nora is delighted to learn that her new girlfriend Crystal is wearing a corset under her clothes. |
| 235 | * Pato from ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' wears a corset-like super-heroine costume. It fits perfectly her [[BigBeautifulWoman buxom]] looks. |
| 236 | * An early arc in ''Webcomic/QueenOfWands'' involved Kestrel and Shannon shopping for corsets as a sexy-time thing for Shannon and Felix's anniversary. |
| 237 | * Amber in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' wore this during her sexy phase (while Robin filled in for her as the {{Meganekko}}). |
| 238 | * Adding a corset is the only nod [[FaceHeelTurn Sparkle]] from ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl'' makes to an EvilCostumeSwitch. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 242 | * ''WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries'': Carmilla Karnstein absolutely rocks one paired with her trademark leather pants, well and truly engaging a DuelOfSeduction with Laura. |
| 243 | * Creator/LianaK: |
| 244 | ** The character she created Beelzeboob is a succubus who was kicked out of hell for being too fun, and naturally wears many red corsets. |
| 245 | ** In an episode of her web series ''Lady Bits'', she wears a blue corset to make a point about sexy female video game characters. |
| 246 | ** In her ''Two Women Talking'' podcast with Song W Eretson, the two of them praise corsets for how they can help with one's figure, and Song admits to often wearing them to work. |
| 247 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick will wear a corset once in a while. |
| 248 | ** In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' review of "Moulin Rouge", Lindsay, Nella, and Elisa show up wearing corsets and [[FluffyFashionFeathers feather boas]]. |
| 249 | ** In ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick the Chick]] shows up at [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Critic's]] house with a corset and fishnets for a Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow review. Critic tentatively asks if ''she's'' going to be wearing it and Chick grins cheerfully and tells him [[DraggedIntoDrag nope]]. Sadly, due to [[KilledOffForReal Critic's sudden existence failure]], we never get to see it. |
| 250 | * The host of ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'', The Maven of the Eventide, loves wearing corsets. Her ''10 Good Things About Twilight'' review features a corset so tight you can see her chest going up and down as she breathes, and it prevents her from staking herself to get out of the review. |
| 251 | * 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). |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 255 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' picture above comes from the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E5HelterShelter Helter Shelter]]" where the family becomes the star of a ''1900's House''-style reality show. The scene in question shows Marge getting laced into a corset and initially being satisfied at its effects on her figure, before realizing that the stays had made her feet swell up to twice their normal size. |
| 256 | * Gwen from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' that wears a corset-like black top with blue and green sleeves. |
| 257 | * Creator/TexAvery's [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons "Garden Gopher"]] has Butch the bulldog, who has been pestered by a gopher all through the cartoon, {{disguise|dInDrag}} himself as a sexy female gopher to lure him out (as you do). The first step of the disguise involves a corset tightly laced to give him an ImpossibleHourglassFigure. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
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