Corsetry

Dressed to Kill: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry.

Women of wealthy mercantile families asserted their status by imitating the styles from royal courts and helped spread the fashion of corsetry throughout cities and towns all across Europe. In subsequent centuries, the corset was modified ...

The modern bra, as a concept, has its origins in corsetry (so does shapewear, which you'll learn more about in chapter 3).

Henry puts his hands on my waist and expresses surprise at all the boning and corsetry under the silk.