Body modification and you!

Lately I've been thinking about jewelry based body modification, specifically body modification that is non-invasive. Items such as corsets, splints and quack medicine items like the Victorian nasal rectificateur have been used to mold the human shape for either recuperative purposes or to obtain a fashionable (if unnatural) shape. I'm currently designing a few pieces meant to contort the body, in the mean time here are some of the current references I've been looking at.

Una Burke.

Una Burke, Retreat, 2012.

French Nasal Rectificateur. A quack medical device from around the turn of the last century. It was meant to be worn to change the shape of the nose, making it more pleasing visually. Needless to say, it didn't work.

Victorian to Edwardian Wrist Splint. 

Victorian Summer Corset, circa 1890-1900.

Victorian Neck Brace.

Victorian Corset, drawing, circa 1878.