25/09/06
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY'S assets are enhanced by one in Pirates of the Caribbean and burlesque star Dita Von Teese always looks a million dollars in hers.
Kylie transformed herself into a real showgirl thanks to one and Gretchen Mol looked fab in hers in the movie The Notorious Bettie Page.
All the stars from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna have owed something to the pushing-up and pulling-in power of a corset.
And now corsets are high fashion in the High Street.
But we're not talking the old-fashioned 'stuff everything in and hope for the best' girdle here.
Girls today have discovered corsets can be a thing of beauty as well as working wonders for their shape.
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