It's the latest fashion wardrobe and everyone else is wearing it but would you wear it too if you knew one of the side effects where death? In the 19Th century women would wear corsets too appear thin. According to Harper Bazaar and Hope Greenberg
"Ladies experienced many health problems associated to the corset. It was not so much the design as it was women's desire's to be thinner than they really were. Ladies started wearing the corset at a young age, while they were yet teenagers and still developing and growing. The corset tightly squeezed the inner organs together. This caused some problems in childbirth. Others included digestive problems. Their stomach did not digest food the way it should and women died because of complications during childbirth. This was a tendancy with women who attempted to get their waists as small as they could."
http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianfashion.html
Social Status also had a major role in how tight the corset was so the less money you had the looser your corset so you would be able to move around to do chores.In the book Frankenstein Elizabeth most likely wore here corset tight because of her social status while Agatha used to wear a tight corset most likely wears it loose so she could accomplish her daily chores after her family was striped of its wealth.
In today's modern times clothes are relaxed, loose, and comfortable to wear; unless people decided to make their clothes uncomfortable.
From Krystal
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