Editing Training corset (section)

==Redresseur corset==
The '''redresseur corset''' or preparatory corset was a form of training corset used from the mid-19th century into the early 20th century, designed specifically for young adolescent girls who had not worn [[History of corsets|stays]] from an early stage.<ref name=watt>{{cite book|last=Watt |first=Gary |title=Dress, Law and Naked Truth: A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form |year=2013 |publisher=Berg |location=London |isbn=9781472500434 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfU3AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA115}}</ref> In addition to moulding a pronounced waist, it served as a back harness and was intended to improve posture.<ref>{{cite book|last=Summers|first=Leigh|title=Bound to please : a history of the Victorian corset|year=2001|publisher=Berg|location=Oxford [u.a.]|isbn=9781859735107|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdx-Nzouh-kC&pg=PA81|edition=Reprinted.}}</ref>

In a number periods of western history, children were put in stays as soon as they could sit upright or walk. It was believed that the young body was too soft to grow upright on its own.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huchkins |first1=Mimi |title=Children in Corsets? |url=https://victorianvisualculture.blog/2020/12/15/children-in-corsets/ |website=victorianvisualculture.blog |date=16 December 2020 |publisher=Mount Holyoke College}}</ref>  Boys stopped wearing them once they were breeched, i.e. were changed from toddler's dresses to boy's breeches at about 4-7. Girls continued to wear them for their whole lives. It was not until the late 19th century that this practice began to fall away.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aberman |first1=Alexis |title=Childhood Corsetry: The Development of Unnatural Body Standards From a Young Age |url=https://blogs.cornell.edu/cornellcostume/2022/05/05/childhood-corsetry-the-development-of-unnatural-body-standards-from-a-young-age/ |website=blogs.cornell.edu |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>