When writing a steamy scene based in the Regency era, significant research is required to understand what layers of clothing would come off.

One of the most complex subjects I encountered was the subject of stays. As a reader, I could get by with a vague notion that it was some sort of corset worn before the time period of ... well ... corsets.

Now that I was writing, it was imperative I attained a deeper (and more accurate) understanding of stays and corsets.

However, it is a subject of deep...