Corset American The Metropolitan Museum of Art 15 Straight fronted corsets and dress forms in 1900 Images: PICRYL Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search Marmota's Dress Diaries: Deciphering a 1900s corset A Quick Guide to Our Victorian Corsets Redthreaded The 1900s, known as both the Edwardian era and La Belle poque was a beautiful era for dresses. The invention of the "health corset," later called the S blend corset, altered the shape Who made women wear unhealthy, body deforming corsets?