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Stories
Stories around the corset. The texts date mostly from the 19th century partly from the early 20th century.- Perseverance (1868)
- La Gêne (1868)
- My first corset (1870)
- Memoirs of a corset (1880)
- How I acquired and maintained a 14 inch waist (1940)
- Sir W. N. (1882-1968)
- Christa R. (1968)
- Wife Dressing
- Waist measurements
- Statistic of Waist measurements
- Data from paper patterns advertisements and dress stands (1886)
- Waist measurements: Values/Overview (1880)
- Hygeia: Interviews on the topic waist measurements (1889)
- Other evidence: Waistlines and corset in letters (1880-1890)
- Shop-Girls (1893)
- Factual Inquiry into Tight Corset Wearing (1890s)
- 1. In your experience, is tight-lacing increasing or decreasing?
- 2. What is the size of the smallest waisted corset that you keep in stock?
- 3. What is the smallest waisted corset you have made (a) recently; (b) ever made? Please give bust and hip measurements, if possible.
- 4. Are corsets worn by younger girls more than formerly? and at what age are real corsets commenced?
- 5. Do any of your clientèle wear special, or specially arranged underclothing, so as to enable them to lace tightly with less discomfort?
- 6. Do you think (a) moderate lacing is injurious; (b) very tight-lacing is injurious?
- 7. What in your opinion are the essentials of a good corset?
- 8. Do you know of any schools at which tight-lacing is encouraged, enforced, or much practised? Please give fullest details possible.
- 9. Do any of your customers wear corsets at night?
- 10. At what age (if a very slender figure is desired) should corset wearing be commenced?
- Waist Size and Marriageable Age
- WASP WAISTS - A Study of Tightlacing in the 19th Century and its Motives
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