metal metal known iron type historical entirely metal usually iron steel metal popularly claimed introduced france 16th century considered myth idea worn fashionable purposes fashion historians claims original metal survived believed intended medical purposes support described french army surgeon sixteenth century remedy extreme examples metal survived generally thought later designed appeal intended fashionable wear metal medical twentieth century whilst late 20th century fashion designers contemporary metal wire aluminium origins early fashion historians writers attributed introduction fashionable wearing said brought metal france italy 16th century fashion historian noted 19th century writers catering audiences sexual played idea cruel fashion enforced dominant queen demanded small subjects mythical royal connection captured public imagination fashion mythology widely believed authentic metal intended form address spinal issues 16th century french army surgeon described metal intended amend recommending iron order lighter fit comfort criticised concept waist training device warning practice figure 16th 17th centuries steel florence italy dated century thought similar metal stays recorded having master armour maker eleanor delivered february eleanor wardrobe records list thought steel designed medical reasons worn fashionable surviving metal usually dated late 16th early 17th century stated extreme elaborate examples created 19th century onwards cater fantasies women imprisoned metal example claimed tudor costume fashion wife locked metal husband promised behave iron inch waist acquired dating considered turn 19th 20th centuries noted suspicious similarities illustration published book claiming offer historical overview fashion draws parallels fake medieval belts curator states excessive produced structure evidence 19th century significant percentage extant nineteenth century metal purported sixteenth century models created cater specialist market inclusion collector fashion historians wife stated firmly surviving iron bodies medical usually proof having genuinely worn despite explicit fashion historians scholars outside field dress history treat legitimate fashion concluded fit fashionable silhouette alleged period probably authentic served purpose 18th 19th century fashion noted french german dictionary french term corps explained german mit small iron plates badly grown deformed girls reads implying iron plates fabric metal noted absence literary evidence showing metal worn fashion purposes suggested surviving metal specifically medical purpose served purpose deliberately uncomfortable hair shirt combining fashionable silhouette worn support pure speculation cites newspaper report times reporting national_guard found iron rack instruments convent white claim instruments purposes dismissed time superficial metal medical purposes continued 18th early 19th century equivalent canvas increasingly place recommended aluminium coated disease spine cast patient body advantages aluminium lightweight thin worn beneath clothing worn bathing recommended early 20th century cheaper longer run plaster initial expense greater 20th 21st centuries 20th century actual metal occasionally contemporary wear instances rare notes alongside 1930s metal worn called late early 21st century tight silver cover wear actual laced advertised booklet describing inch offered services medical metal endured 20th century mexican painter notable medical following ongoing problems result road crash experienced teenager doctors recommended wear steel instead plaster ones mainly worn accident paintings heavily autobiographical new basis best known self portraits broken column painting portrays split open revealing spine column damaged body held steel form metal second half 20th century called harris inventor harris designed waist whilst healing metal bands worn waist connected rigid metal supports 20th 21st century designers offered metal presentations including famous pieces aluminium called created collaboration artist der built cast model inch waist composed stacked morgan body inspired neck rings worn women extended formed live presentation victoria showcasing collaborations wire aluminium wire offering pun theme museums metal found number museum collections world museums including japan present metal fashionable late 16th century victoria albert museum london describes iron owned painter dating 18th century likely intended purposes iron presented
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