Fashion week in Paris, and after a display of pink and purple mini-dresses in an elegant apartment near the presidential palace, an assistant wheels out a rack bearing two very different creations: ...

Corsets, panniers, and hoop skirts – these iconic, body-sculpting garments have cycled in and out of fashion since they were first popularised in the 1700s. From Brie Larson’s invisible hoop skirt at ...