for my beard,
that supports the charity Movember, beard oil, it seems to be in fashion nowadays,
and today I found out about a Gentleman's fashion accessory that I do not want, a corset for men! they were not just for women, men wore them as well in
different places at different times; they just tried to keep their corset use
discreet, the
corset has endured hundreds of iterations from its induction into fashion by
Catherine de Medici in the 1500s up until its usage diminished as a result of
rations for the second World War,
in fact
one of America’s founding fathers, Thomas Paine, was a corset maker by family
trade, according to research, “Stays or corsets were used in the army
(especially among the cavalry), for hunting, and for strenuous exercise, not
unlike a weight lifter’s belt today”, above is the corset of purser Thomas Chew, a 30-year career Naval officer, who fought in the War of
1812 and wore his corset to sea, the
whalebone battens hold in the stomach, while the metal springs confine the rest
of what later generations would call the “spare tire.” USS Constitution Museum collection, beard oil? yes,
corset? no!
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