Contents

• Introduction
• Sylphide in 17" corset
• Rules
• Private copies
• Non-commercial copies
• Non-liability / non-warranty / exemption from liability updated: 02.Mar.2003
• Who are we?
• History
• The Corset Trade in the Later 19th Century
• Persons
• The Empress Elizabeth of Austria
• Polaire
• Stories
• 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) updated: 27.Apr.2004
• 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
• Books
• Excerpt from the novel: ''Mit den Augen einer Frau'' updated: 13.Apr.2003
• The Corset and the Crinoline - A Book of Modes and Costumes from Remote Periods to the Present Time
• Preface
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER III
• CHAPTER IV
• CHAPTER V
• CHAPTER VI
• CHAPTER VII
• CHAPTER VIII updated: 22.Apr.2003
• CHAPTER IX
• CHAPTER X
• Index
• Letters
• Letter from Aunt Helen to her sister (1892)
• A mother's letter to her 'just married' daughter (1894)
• A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1898
• A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1903 updated: 11.Feb.2003
• A reader's inquiry, taken from a German fashion magazine from 1907
• A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1911 updated: 16.Aug.2002
• Letter to H.Y. from S.S-H.
• Adviser
• A chapter about a good figure. From the 'Brevier der Dame' (1890) updated: 13.May.2004
• Rule #1: Have your corsets all made by an experienced corsetier.
• Rule #2: Be moderate in eating.
• Rule #3: Put on your corset before eating breakfast.
• Rule #4: Don't put off your corset when wearing a negligée.
• Rule #5: Always have yourself laced in by others.
• Rule #6: During the lacing you should be entirely relaxed.
• Rule #7: A lady with a tight waist must take time to have herself laced.
• Corsets today - an adviser
• What is a corset?
• Why should women wear corsets?
• Who can wear a corset?
• How tight should I lace a corset?
• How do I lace my corset correctly?
• What features must a corset have?
• What clothes go well with a corset? updated: 18.Feb.2003
• On which occasions can I wear a corset?
• Which problems could arouse from corset-wearing? updated: 03.Jan.2005
• Where can I buy a corset?
• Practice
• How can I get a corset?
• Selection
• Measurements
• Suppliers
• Experiences
• What are my aims?
• What I don't want!
• Why I wear corsets
• Kurt Ingerl and the plaster cast updated: 14.Sep.2001
• Mole updated: 22.Oct.1996
• Visit to the USA updated: 04.Jul.2001
• My New Corset
• Pipestem Waist updated: 02.Mar.2001
• Men and corsets
• Corset acceptance and viewpoint updated: 02.Oct.1999
• Girl Next Door-Look
• Medical aspects
• Our plan to make the corset more popular
• Reaction of people when they see my waist
• The measurements I started out with were as follows:
• Old News of LGM
• FAQ
• Is corset wearing popular in Germany?
• Was it hard to find a corsetier?
• How do people react when they get to know that you wear corsets? updated: 11.Sep.2002
• How did you first get interested in corsets?
• Do you lace the corset yourself or does someone else for you?
• When do you remove the corset and at what occasions? updated: 23.Oct.2001
• What kind of clothes do you wear? How do you dress?
• Do you enjoy wearing corsets in the public?
• How can I get HER to like wearing corsets?
• How can I arrange for HIM to like corsets on me (and to buy me some)?
• In our days the corset has a bad reputation in the public. What are the reasons for this and why do many people think that corset-wearers are 'abnormal'? What can we do to improve the corset-image?

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