Playboy Magazine’s Miss October, 1957.

Playboy Magazine’s Miss October, 1957.

Jean Agélou, Fernande, Paris, 1910s.

Jean Agélou, Fernande, Paris, 1910s.

Francesca Woodman, New York, 1979.

Francesca Woodman, New York, 1979.

Woman modelling a corset, 1898.

Woman modelling a corset, 1898.

William Herman Rau, After the Opera: Robe du nuit, 1901.
Source: Library of Congress

William Herman Rau, After the Opera: Robe du nuit, 1901.

Source: Library of Congress

Robert Wilson Shufeldt, Studies of the human form for artists, sculptors, and scientists, 1908.

Robert Wilson Shufeldt, Studies of the human form for artists, sculptors, and scientists, 1908.

Woman in a corset, Paris, 1902.

Woman in a corset, Paris, 1902.

A woman modelling a brassiere, France, 1900.

A woman modelling a brassiere, France, 1900.


William Herman Rau, The Platonic Kiss, ca. 1901.
Source: Library of Congress

William Herman Rau, The Platonic Kiss, ca. 1901.

Source: Library of Congress

Bob Landry, Girl looking at herself wearing the Board of Trade’s “Utility” underwear, London, 1944.

Bob Landry, Girl looking at herself wearing the Board of Trade’s “Utility” underwear, London, 1944.