Beatrice Fontanel, Support and Seduction : A History of Corsets and Bras 
(Abrams, 1997), hardcover, 159 pages, $39.95, (Trans. by Willard Wood) 

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If you're just interested in the timelines, you might want to look at A Century of Lingerie

Guys... check this one out.

The Handbook of Lingerie: A Man's Guide to Choosing Lingerie for the Woman in His Life

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Booknews, Inc. , March 1, 1993
Reprint of a work originally published in 1976 by Saturday Review Press; updating is implied by a notice on the copyright page, but changes are not specified. Rossi is a podiatrist and footwear historian who has written and consulted extensively on a subject he obviously loves: shoes, feet, and eroticism. He draws on fashion history, literature, art, psychology, and anecdotal cases to illustrate conscious and unconscious manifestations of human interest in feet. Not scholarly, but a witty inquiry. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Janine Anderson (janine7@hotmail.com) from South Africa , September 3, 1998
FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE!
I read this book many, many years ago and have always wanted to obtain my own copy, and to read it again. I found this book to be UTTERLY FASCINATING...., interesting and a good giggle in places. The author clearly knows his subject, and one learns, for instance, the mystery behind Cinderella's glass slipper. It is NOT only a book for people with foot fetishes. It's a great read and I would recommend it to anyone. I can assure you that after reading this book, you will start noticing the shoes people wear... as certain types of people wear certain types of shoes.... SO TRUE! I just LOVE men in BOOTS!! Read all about it for yourselves!!!! (It will probably make you rush out and buy "appropriate" shoes!!!

Another work is- Complete Footware Dictionary

British satyrist Geoff Nicholson's Footsucker tells the story of a man obsessed with beautiful feet who finds his dream woman. 

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Pop Culture Editor's Recommended Book
Because this is Valerie Steele's second book on the topic of fetishistic clothing, her opening statements that she is an outsider to the paraphilias and perversions that she discusses seems a bit hollow. When she says that she is only "a cultural historian specializing in fashion" there's no need to fear: while the book is rigorously researched and loaded with valuable bibliographic references to previous researchers in the area, it's apparent that underneath her cool prose Steele really gets a kick out of her subject, if only on an intellectual level. Dividing her book into sections based on the various fetishes (corsets, shoes, second-skin fabrics, underwear), Steele shows a remarkable facility with the history and trivia of each item of clothing. This produces some amusing juxtapositions, such as when she reveals little-known information about the Chinese practice of footbinding, and a page later presents a Tom of Finland picture of a nude man surrounded by motorcycle-booted feet. There are plenty of drawings and photographs here, ostensibly to supplement the reading. Photos range from 19th-century Viennese ultra-high-heeled shoes to contemporary neo- gothic hipster chicks in corsets and leather. This is obviously not a book for children, but it's also far more than a collection of erotica in that it presents an informative and well-researched history of fetishism and the theories that have been put forward to explain it.

Synopsis
Valerie Steel marshals a dazzling array of evidence from pornography, psychology, and history, as well as interviews with fetishists, sadomasochists, and cross-dressers, to illuminate the complex relationship between appearance and identity. "Valerie Steele is to kinky dressing what Ann Rice is to vampires."--Christa Worthington, Elle. 74 halftones. 30 color illustrations.

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This provocative discussion of the historic connections between fashion and fetishism charts the boundaries of the normal and the "perverse," brilliantly showing how even the most unusual clothing fetishes form part of a continuum of behavior that enables everyone to use clothing to express his/her social and sexual identity. 70 halftone & 29 color illustrations. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title

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In a generously illustrated study, a noted historian of fashion offers a history of erotic fashion, illuminating the appeal of such clothing, its emergence into the mainstream society, and its implications for human sexual behavior. UP. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title

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If you're looking to make your own corset, this is one of the few books on the subject.

Another book worth looking at if you're interested in making a corset is: 
Norah Waugh's, Corsets and Crinolines (Theatre Arts Books, 1995)