Thinking about what I said about renn faires as a home for sex freaks, and then about what I mentioned that time I let my gf’s friends dress me and cinch me up in a bodice

And then I remembered the trope of the “bodicegasm”, the parasexual relief when you finally unlace your bodice at the end of the day and can breathe again

So here’s the question: were bodices ever really that common in whatever fake-historical period (sure not the fucking Renaissance) faires were modeled on?

Or is it just that most of the girl volunteers from 14 on up were straight-up walking around with a leather restraint device/push-up bra as outerwear?