Armour like corsets?

This is kind of being pulled back into my work no, instead of going off on a tangent and trying to relate everything to life in worksop etc.


I simply got this idea when I was looking at the burlesque, I was thinking of was earlier corsets would have looked like.
When looking at this, it looks like the type of armour a women would have worn, even though its not armour at all, it just has the kind of feel to it.
The roughness of it and the flat, solid look it has makes it look like it was built for protection rather than vanity.
This corset was from the 16th century, and was actually a corset cover.


Unlike armour, this corset isn't very ornate which is what I like most about armours and other corsets. they look like they're expensive to just touch. When you look at some they have all of these fancy etchings and designs on them, which visually makes them more appealing to everyone.