Inès Gaches-Sarraute Explained

Inès Gaches-Sarraute (1853–1928) was a French physician and corsetière.^[1] She was the inventor of the 'health corset', later called the 'S-bend' corset.^[2]

Life

Concerned at the gynaeological effects of corsets on women, Gaches-Sarraute began pamphleteering on the subject in the 1890s. Her novel design of corset, introduced in her 1900 book, helped bring about a change in corset fashions in the early twentieth century.^[1]

Works

• L'Exposition d'hygiène urbaine. 1886.
• Etude du corset au point de vue de l'hygiène du vêtement de la femme. G. Masson, 1895.
• L'hygiène du corset. 1896.
• Le Corset: Étude physiologique et pratique. Paris, 1900.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenna . Libes . Inès Gâches-Sarraute and the Straight-Front Corset . Fashion History Timeline . 8 September 2024 .
2. Book: Hill, Daniel Delis . History of World Dress and Fashion . Second . 2022 . GeminiDragon Publishing . 513 . 978-0-9864254-9-3 .