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With little change the corset pinched and pressed its way through the War into the "corsetless era," which was not corsetless at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had dreams of a nobler existence— A bifurcated, corsetless place, Where women would stand free and equal As queens of a glorious race.
From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various
There was Martha, in comfortable, corsetless expansiveness—an ideal illustration of the worthless idler fattening in purposelessness.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
It was the freak lady of Mrs. Cattermole's Tea House—the corsetless young woman of the tight-fitting crash gown and flame-colored hair.
From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis
Julia, cheerfully attempting to do ten things at once, would look up to see Miss Toland, comfortably wrappered and corsetless, in the doorway.
From The Story of Julia Page by Kathleen Thompson Norris
