A Secret Under the Corset
Beneath all the ‘proper’ clothes that the ladies of the Victorian era wore every day lay a hidden secret – bosom piercings! Gold rings were trendy in the 1800s, and no fashionable young woman would dare to pass up on this trend!
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Perhaps the reason for the popularity of the piercings was the belief that rings would enhance breast size and help correct their shape. Of course, this wouldn’t have worked, but at least we know that Victorian dames were as funky as the punk groups of today!