{"id":9286,"date":"2013-09-16T17:04:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?p=9286"},"modified":"2015-03-22T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T10:48:37","slug":"discover-the-underworld-under-garments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/09\/discover-the-underworld-under-garments\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Underworld Under Garments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9330\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9330\" data-attachment-id=\"9330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/09\/discover-the-underworld-under-garments\/slip\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?fit=324%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fashion Kangourou underwear (slip)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Kangourou ad presented in a selection of advertising videos&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?fit=156%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?fit=314%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?resize=324%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kangourou Publicit\u00e9 pour le slip Kangourou, 1948 Collection particuli\u00e8re _ \u00a9 DR\" width=\"324\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/slip.jpg?resize=156%2C300&amp;ssl=1 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Kangourou ad presented in a selection of advertising videos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sir, where did you get that silhouette? Back in time, if you saw a knight \u00a0wearing armor or a noble \u00a0prancing around in tights, you would have noticed a discreet bulge between his legs. <strong>Until November 24<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><strong>La m\u00e9canique des dessous, une histoire indiscr\u00e8te de la silhouette <\/strong>(Mechanical\u00a0undergarments, an indiscreet history of the silhouette)<\/em> explores this \u2018underworld\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Mus\u00e9e des Arts d\u00e9coratifs displays female and male undergarments fashioned to artificially attain an ideal of beauty and a desirable silhouette through mechanical under garments. The exhibition covers the fourteenth century until today.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the artificial undergarments presented in the exhibition are the fly, the pannier, the corset, the crinoline, the bustle, the pouf, the stomach belt, the bra and other vestimentary devices fashioning the body by means of whalebones, hoops and cushions according to the changing dictates of fashion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Videos<\/strong> The exhibition includes videos of advertisements, movie excerpts of women dressing in the mechanical garments, a dress-up room with cages, bustles, bustiers and a plastic surgeon&#8217;s body-sculpting video. Torso Mannequins close out the exhibit reflecting each specific period in the history of fashion. Men and women are subject to the current &#8220;cultural body&#8221; rather than the &#8220;natural body&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition&#8217;s &#8220;<a title=\"Teaser videos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr\/francais\/mode-et-textile\/expositions-70\/actuellement-447\/la-mecanique-des-dessous-une\/decouvrez-les-teasers-video-de-l\" target=\"_blank\">Teaser videos<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0present the use of hinges on the &#8220;mechanical garments&#8221; to get in, out and through tricky places like doorways and sitting down. The teaser videos include the<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robe \u00e0 la polonaise using cords the dress transforms into three styles (1772),<\/li>\n<li>Tournure (faux cul) women accented their behind<\/li>\n<li>Panier articul\u00e9 &#8211; the fashion item with hinges to extend a woman&#8217;s hips. They raised the &#8220;panier&#8221; to pass through door ways.<\/li>\n<li>Corset -The first corsets were made of hinged metal<\/li>\n<li>The crinoline was used to maintain a wide skirt, originally made with horse hair (\u00e9toffe de crin) and either whale bone or steel kept the shape.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_9325\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9325\" data-attachment-id=\"9325\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/09\/discover-the-underworld-under-garments\/2010-04-20-henry_iv_of_navarre-codppiece\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?fit=353%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"353,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fashion Henry IV of Navarre codpiece\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Portrait of Henry IV of Navarre and his codpiece&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?fit=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?fit=353%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?resize=176%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Portrait of Henry IV of Navarre and his codpiece; image from Huffington Post-Original copyright information unknown\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?resize=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2010-04-20-Henry_IV_of_Navarre-codppiece.jpg?w=353&amp;ssl=1 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Henry IV of Navarre and his codpiece<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What else is in the exhibit<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cultural Body Fashion Victims<\/strong> Virility is why the knights, royalty and aristocrats in the armor or the puffy pantaloons displayed the\u00a0discreet bulge of the codpiece.\u00a0Codpieces were built into the armor. They were sewn into clothes and portrayed in portraits and may have been precursors of the zipper. Metal corsets were popular with women from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The corsets were meant to &#8220;give a finer waist&#8221;\u00a0and &#8220;to widen hips and uplift the bosom&#8221;\u00a0or to follow the vogue in medical reasoning as a remedy to a curved spine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9336\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9336\" data-attachment-id=\"9336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2013\/09\/discover-the-underworld-under-garments\/arton3249-6babc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?fit=476%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"476,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fashion Pourpoint Charles de Blois\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pourpoint de Charles de Blois, after 1370s-Snug-fitted and quilted-appearance of masculinity&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?fit=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?fit=461%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?resize=230%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pourpoint de Charles de Blois, dernier quart du XIV latter 1300s, Lyon, Mus\u00e9e des Tissus et des Arts d\u00e9coratifs, lift of Julien Chapp\u00e9e, 1924 \u00a9 Lyon, mus\u00e9e des tissus, photo Pierre Verrie\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arton3249-6babc.jpg?w=476&amp;ssl=1 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pourpoint de Charles de Blois, after 1370s-Snug-fitted and quilted-appearance of masculinity<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the sixteenth century it was also fashionable to have a rounded torso.\u00a0For men the <em>culotte \u00e0 braquette<\/em>\u00a0or the <em>braguette<\/em> in the armor casing begins its protrusion from the collar. The puffiness thanks to the braguette gives the appearance of the peascod belly. Puffiness and masculinity continued\u00a0Into the early 1800s as men wore padding in their coats, corsets and calf pads to accentuate the shapeliness if their legs. The switch from puffiness arrived by the\u00a01880s and early twentieth century. &#8220;Dandies&#8221; and other men flaunted slim, muscular bodies and wore fashionable\u00a0body sculpting underwear. Disguising rounded bellies on men became an advertising source for the Franck-Braun belts in the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p>Children and dolls did not escape body reshaping. Examples are on display of corsets and stays to give the child &#8220;a straight body and a virtuous soul&#8221;. The few dolls on display were used to teach dressing them up just like grown ups. <strong>Entertaining ads<\/strong> The advertising video of undergarment men and women is going to be good for your laugh muscles. Why exercise for 30 days when you could have a natural looking shape for eighteen hours. Sunglasses make clothing transparent as the women watch the men walk around in their underwear. Eggs are put in men&#8217;s underwear to demonstrate padding differences between brands. And watch out wearing that Wonderbra in the elevator. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Turbulence with the Crinoline<\/strong> The crinoline to give a full skirt was popular from 1840-1870. Between picnics, omnibuses and theaters, the style caused design turbulence. The lithograph crinoline illustrations show what happens at a picnic or in a windstorm (imagine an umbrella). There was talk of demolishing theaters to accommodate the crinoline. Th\u00e9ophile Gautier in the journal De la Mode 1858&#8243;&#8230;women will no sooner give up crinoline than face powder,&#8221; wrote . The bustle or pouf of 1880s meant women could walk straight and avoid throwing their back out for shapely, rounded derriere or faux-cul (false backside). <\/p>\n<p>The French page can be translated in <a title=\"Google\" href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> (translate.google.com) The <a title=\"exhibition brochure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr\/IMG\/pdf\/DEPLIANT_MDD_1706bis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition brochure<\/a> Selection of <a title=\"catalog photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr\/IMG\/pdf\/DEPLIANT_MDD_1706bis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">catalogue photos<\/a> from\u00a0<a title=\"La m\u00e9canique des dessous, une histoire indiscr\u00e8te de la silhouette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr\/francais\/musees\/musee-des-arts-decoratifs\/actualites\/archives\/mode-et-textile\/la-mecanique-des-dessous-une\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>La m\u00e9canique des dessous, une histoire indiscr\u00e8te de la silhouette<\/strong><\/em><\/a> in the Mus\u00e9e des Arts d\u00e9coratifs archives. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs \u2013 Mode et textile<\/strong> 107 rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris T\u00e9l. : 01 44 55 57 50 M\u00e9tro : Palais-Royal, Pyramides ou Tuileries Autobus : 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95<\/p>\n<div data-sliderid=\"8892\" id=\"penci-post-gallery__8892\" class=\"penci-post-gallery-container justified column-3\" data-height=\"150\" data-margin=\"3\"><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/panier-articul%C3%A9.jpg?fit=432%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Dress for court in the 1760s with accentuated wide hips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/panier-articul%C3%A9.jpg?fit=432%2C620&ssl=1\" alt=\"Robe de cour, vers 1760 Lyon, mus\u00e9e des Tissus, achat, 1913 \u00a9 Lyon, mus\u00e9e des Tissus, photo Pierre Verrier (panier articul\u00e9)\" title=\"Fashion Panier Articul\u00e9\"><div class=\"caption\">Dress for court in the 1760s with accentuated wide hips<\/div><\/a><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tournure-cage.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Butterfly bustle and skirt form from 1872\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tournure-cage.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tournure cage, mod\u00e8le \u00ab papillon \u00bb, vers 1872 Paris, collection Falbalas \u00a9 Patricia Canino\" title=\"Fashion Tournure Cage and Bustle\"><div class=\"caption\">Butterfly bustle and skirt form from 1872<\/div><\/a><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mens-stocking.jpg?fit=433%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Men&#039;s stocking with bulge gave illusion of strength (1850-1890)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mens-stocking.jpg?fit=433%2C620&ssl=1\" alt=\"Bas rembourr\u00e9 ou faux-mollet, France, 1850-1890 Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, collection Union fran\u00e7aise des arts du costume, achat, 1949 \u00a9 Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, photo Jean Tholance (Men&#039;s stocking)\" title=\"Fashion Men&#8217;s Stockings-Bas rembourr\u00e9 ou faux-mollet\"><div class=\"caption\">Men's stocking with bulge gave illusion of strength (1850-1890)<\/div><\/a><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gu%C3%AApi%C3%A8re-irr%C3%A9stible.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Gu\u00eapi\u00e8re &quot;irr\u00e9stible&quot;1951-1952 by Lejaby\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gu%C3%AApi%C3%A8re-irr%C3%A9stible.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" alt=\"Gu\u00eapi\u00e8re &quot;irr\u00e9stible&quot;1951-1952 Lejaby, gu\u00eapi\u00e8re \u00ab Irr\u00e9sistible \u00bb, 1951-1952 Valenciennes, Association de Pr\u00e9figuration du Mus\u00e9e du sous-V\u00eatement \u00a9 Patricia Canino\" title=\"Fashion girdle and skirt\"><div class=\"caption\">Gu\u00eapi\u00e8re \"irr\u00e9stible\"1951-1952 by Lejaby<\/div><\/a><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Faux-cul-strapontin.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Faux cul Faux-cul, i.e., \u00ab strapontin \u00bb, 1887\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Faux-cul-strapontin.jpg?fit=413%2C620&ssl=1\" alt=\"Faux cul Faux-cul dit \u00ab strapontin \u00bb, 1887 Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, collection UFAC \u00a9 Patricia Canino\" title=\"Fashion Faux cul strapontin\"><div class=\"caption\">Faux cul Faux-cul, i.e., \u00ab strapontin \u00bb, 1887<\/div><\/a><a class=\"penci-gallery-ite item-gallery-justified\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MG_4963-R-_Custom_.jpg?fit=620%2C620&ssl=1\" data-cap=\"Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, collection Mode et Textile et d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e de Cluny \n\u00a9 Patricia Canino Panier \u00e0 coudes articul\u00e9, vers 1770, et corps \u00e0 baleines, vers 1740-1760\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MG_4963-R-_Custom_.jpg?fit=585%2C585&ssl=1\" alt=\"Panier \u00e0 coudes articul\u00e9, vers 1770, et corps \u00e0 baleines, vers 1740-1760 Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, collection Mode et Textile et d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e de Cluny \u00a9 Patricia Canino\" title=\"Fashion Arts d\u00e9coratifs Panier \u00e0 coudes articul\u00e9\"><div class=\"caption\">Paris, Les Arts D\u00e9coratifs, collection Mode et Textile et d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e de Cluny \n\u00a9 Patricia Canino Panier \u00e0 coudes articul\u00e9, vers 1770, et corps \u00e0 baleines, vers 1740-1760<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a9Colleensparis.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir, where did you get that silhouette? Back in time, if you saw a knight  wearing armor or a noble  prancing around in tights, you would have noticed a discreet bulge between his legs. Until November 24, La m\u00e9canique des dessous, une histoire indiscr\u00e8te de la silhouette (Mechanical undergarments, an indiscreet history of the silhouette) explores this \u2018underworld\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Mus\u00e9e des Arts d\u00e9coratifs displays female and male undergarments fashioned to artificially attain an ideal of beauty and a desirable silhouette through mechanical under garments. The exhibition covers the fourteenth century until today.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the artificial undergarments presented in the exhibition are the fly, the pannier, the corset, the crinoline, the bustle, the pouf, the stomach belt, the bra and other vestimentary devices fashioning the body by means of whalebones, hoops and cushions according to the changing dictates of fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Videos The exhibition includes videos of advertisements, movie excerpts of women dressing in the mechanical garments, a dress-up room with cages, bustles, bustiers and a plastic surgeon&#8217;s body-sculpting video. Torso Mannequins close out the exhibit reflecting each specific period in the history of fashion. 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