In a bind: The return of the corset

Corsetry is en vogue this season. Should we embrace its bony grip, writes
“It left me in the worst pain of my life,” said Kim Kardashian — a woman who has experienced childbirth — said of a garment she chose to wear in May. The injurious item? A corset constructed for the Thierry Mugler dress she wore to this year’s Costume Institute Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.