Control clothing has different uses in the world of fashion and although its name can give different interpretations, the most accurate one is the one you are thinking about now, garments that allow you to control your body.
Talking about controlling the body through clothing may sound “futuristic” or taken from a fictional movie, but the truth is that this fashion trend, although it has multiple recent innovative applications, has its origins in antiquity, approximately in the Victorian era with the use of the corset.
The corset, or corset in French, could be called the girdles of the 14th century, as they were commonly used to shape the figure of women back then, as girdles do now throughout the world.
Precisely the girdles, are one of the most popular garments when we talk about control clothing and with them we can define this term more broadly, since control clothing are all those garments that allow the body to be shaped or accommodated to a desired figure or posture, either for aesthetics or health.
With this comparison to the corset, we do not pretend that you are pigeonholed in a single uo for the girdles and that these garments are only for female use. Currently, girdles are a garment used by both men and women throughout the world and although one of its main functions is to shape the figure in fashion trends, girdles have also opened up a field in the sports world. aesthetic and medicinal.
Having so many applications in different fields, girdles currently have manufacturing techniques that incorporate textile technology to make them increasingly comfortable and efficient, leaving with this almost completely in the past its first generation, the corset, characterized by being an uncomfortable and rigid element. Now, the girdles allow them to be used even on a daily basis, as a garment typical of any outfit and being present at different times as we mentioned before.
To tell you a little about these applications in various fields of girdles as control clothing, we will start by talking about sports use. Here the girdles are an element that allows to compress the body seeking to obtain better results when exercising, in addition, the materials used for this use make the body sweat more in certain parts of it, promoting fat burning and allowing that part to of the body has the desired shape and tone.
But the girdles are not only an element to lose weight while you exercise, they also allow you to have a proper posture and with this we combine a bit of the medical and sports fields, which are not really that far from each other. Maintaining an adequate posture when performing strong exercises prevents the athlete from having any injury and that is where the girdles take center stage, since the compression they perform ensures a rigid and safe posture for this type of training.
In the medical field, girdles also allow posture correction for some people who suffer from lumbar problems, achieving sensations of relief and comfort with their use. In this medicinal aspect we can not only talk about girdles, as there are also compression stockings as part of control clothing and that can be part of leg treatments, as well as girdles for double chins and neck or chin guards.
Likewise, girdles are applied in the surgical field, mainly aesthetic since as part of the postoperative processes in abdominal, hip and breast surgeries, control garments are used and girdles are especially popular among them. For this use, there are some categories of surgical girdles, depending on the procedure performed and it is the specialist who should advise you if required.
In addition to being used for aesthetic surgical procedures, girdles also accompany women in a very special moment in their lives, in which they also undergo surgery, but to bring another life into this world. For the recovery process of a mother, there are postpartum girdles, which allow her abdominal area to recover her shape as her organs also adapt again to her body without her baby inside.
As you can see, the girdles are part of a complete package of control clothing that is applied to different sectors, situations and lifestyles of women and men in the world. In addition, this complete package cannot leave out other garments such as control pantyhose, butt lifter boxers, bustiers, and control tops and joggers.
One of the main countries recognized in the world for girdle manufacturing techniques is Colombia. And it is that the Colombian girdles have recognition.
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