Now, the Big Squeeze: For many, the ideal body requires good bones--of steel.(the corset is making a comeback in women's clothing choices)

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 24-FEB-03

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Byline: Peg Tyre

Oprah looked positively willowy in the corset dress she wore to the Emmys last fall. And Kelly Osbourne looked suddenly svelte when she hit the stage wearing a Goth-black corset top over jeans at a runway show two weeks ago. The promise of an instant hourglass shape also inspired New York anthropology professor Michele Buchanan, 41, to truss up her Rubenesque figure for a recent cocktail party. "The men I met there were extremely interested in my research," she says. Only one guest found her get-up weird, says Buchanan, "and she had just come from...

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