THE CORSETS OF “IL GATTOPARDO”:between historical reality and hidden truths.
In the sumptuous nineteenth-century Sicily of Il Gattopardo, everything is luxury,
tradition and strict social rules. And among lace, velvet and jewelry,
silent protagonist stands out : the CORSET.
Symbol of elegance and… breathlessness,
this accessory gave a figure
slender, at the cost of strategic fainting.
In the series, we see the tight protagonists
in breathtaking clothes (literally), while
the actors told of the torture of
Recite with limited breath and movements
reduced.But for the women of that time it was not
Just a matter of fashion: the corset was a
cage, both physical and social.
And that’s the point. In the series, the
corset becomes a perfect metaphor of the
oppressive rules imposed on women. No
Only their bodies were compressed in tissues
rigid, but also their lives were
Encircled by duties and expectations.