Sexual Enhancement:

Corsets were first used in the 16th century and remained a part of fashionable dress until the French Revolution until 1789. A woman wore a corset to make it appear that her waist was very small. The corset also would flatten the woman's breasts which would then push them up. The corset was very tight and showed every curve in a woman's figure. This would extenuate the female body which was seen as a sexual enhancing piece of clothing. As time went on the corset was then fit into the dresses of women. The women would wear dresses that were gathered in the back and would fit very snug on their waist and push their breasts up.