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Tailored to the body: Corsets by Tonia Merz

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Mirja Viehweger
November 13, 2022

Fashion designer Tonia Merz has made corsets for the German band Rammstein or for US singer Katy Perry. She welcomes women but also men in search of the perfect wasp waist.

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