Editing Corset (section)

==Special variants==
[[File:Rihanna - Live in Paris (6).jpg|thumb|150px|Singer [[Rihanna]] wearing a modified corset along with [[underwear as outerwear]].]]

There are some special types of corsets and corset-like devices which incorporate boning.

===Corset dress===
{{See also|Bondage corset}}

A corset dress (also known as hobble corset because it produces similar restrictive effects to a [[hobble skirt]]) is a long corset. It is like an ordinary corset, but it is long enough to cover the legs, partially or totally. It thus looks like a dress, hence the name. A person wearing a corset dress can have great difficulty in walking up and down the stairs (especially if wearing high-heeled footwear) and may be unable to sit down if the boning is too stiff.

Other types of corset dresses are created for unique high fashion looks by a few modern corset makers. These modern styles are functional as well as fashionable and are designed to be worn with comfort for a dramatic look.

===Neck corset and collar===
{{Main|Neck corset}}
A [[neck corset]] is a type of [[posture collar]] incorporating [[Bone (corsetry)|stays]] and it is generally not considered to be a true corset. This type of corset and its purpose of improving posture does not have long term results. Since certain parts of the neck are being pulled towards the head, a band in the neck, called the platysmal band, will most likely disappear.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tonnard|first1=Patrick|last2=Verpaele|first2=Alexis|last3=Monstrey|first3=Stan|last4=Van Landuyt|first4=Koen|last5=Blondeel|first5=Philippe|last6=Hamdi|first6=Moustapha|last7=Matton|first7=Guido|date=May 2002|title=Minimal access cranial suspension lift: a modified S-lift|journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery|volume=109|issue=6|pages=2074–2086|issn=0032-1052|pmid=11994618|doi=10.1097/00006534-200205000-00046}}</ref> Like the neck corset, a collar serves some of the same purposes. The neck collar can be worn to allow minimal neck movement after road accidents, and is more accessible and cheap than [[physiotherapy]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Huston|first1=G.J.|title=Collars and Corsets|journal=British Medical Journal|date=1988|volume=296|issue=6617|page=276|jstor=29529544|doi=10.1136/bmj.296.6617.276|pmid=2963670|pmc=2544783}}</ref> However, neck corsets and collars are more often used as a fashion statement or as an element of [[BDSM]] rather than physiotherapy.

[[File:BDSM Neck Collar and Corset.jpg|thumb|center|BDSM neck collar and corset]]