Corset

Having some history lesson of fashion on last Tuesday about corset and I do go Internet look for some of it history and this is what I get .
The origins of the corset are unknown. From the early 16th century, corset-shaped cages of iron are preserved, but it's almost certain that they had nothing to do with normal clothing. Theories run from early fetish accessories to brute attempts at orthopaedics.

drawing of a 16 century corset from internet resource .