New Delhi, April 23 -- The corset keeps coming back. Soon after the pandemic, aisles were full of corsets, reflecting people's newfound interst in an undergarment that's long been associated with royal wear and Y2K fashion.

Now, it seems more designers are offering their take on the garment, making it more size inclusive and possibly comfortable to wear. At last month's Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI, for instance, several brands experimented with the corset. Bhumi Pednekar, who was the showstopper for Amit Aggarwal, wore a metallic corset look.

"Bhumi's corset look was a perfect fit; she is a representative of what it is to be a woman of today and, in many ways, proved that corsets can truly be a garment that empowers the wearer," says Agga...