Most little girls have an affinity for pretty things. Whether it's Barbie dolls or colorful makeup or sparkly dresses, there seems to be no entangling this association between femininity and beauty. And for most of recorded history, it's always been that way. Women have bleached their skin and blackened their teeth and bound their feet and elongated their necks. But when thinking about historical beauty, nothing quite compares to the idea of the corset. And when we hear this word corset, we often imagine Vi ...