TIL: In 1550's France, Catherine de Medici was so disgusted by women with "thick waists", she enforced a ban on them from her court - this lead to the widespread use of the corset throughout western civilization for the next 350 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corset#History



Submitted February 06, 2015 at 03:52AM by abootypatooty http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ux3q1/til_in_1550s_france_catherine_de_medici_was_so/