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Posted by enigma on July 11, 2007, 8:12 am
> Such corsets were usually worn to get a young girl used to
> her lot in life, and or provide some back support, as even
> young girls did heavy work around the house. Only the most
> cruel of nannies, governesses, or school headmistresses put
> young girls into stiff corsets (and tied them in such away
> the child couldn't loosen the knots).
my grandmother's mother was one of those... she put my
grandmother in boned corsets at 6 & *also* tied her to a broom
handle to "keep her back straight".
once my grandmother fell while playing & because of the
corset/broomhandle combo, couldn't get back up... this was in
the early 1900s (1910s, i think)
lee
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Posted by on July 11, 2007, 10:40 am
Dear Lee,
It was my grandmother's intention, in putting my mother in stays, that
her waistline wouldn't grow any larger--not to help her with heavy
work. It didn't work. It was most likely our pregnancies that
changed our family morphism. I stayed slim until my second child was
born at the age of 40. I never regained my tiny waist.
Teri
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Posted by Candide on July 12, 2007, 1:20 am
> Dear Lee,
>
> It was my grandmother's intention, in putting my mother in stays, that
> her waistline wouldn't grow any larger--not to help her with heavy
> work. It didn't work. It was most likely our pregnancies that
> changed our family morphism. I stayed slim until my second child was
> born at the age of 40. I never regained my tiny waist.
>
> Teri
It really amazes me how much we in the Western industrialised world,
have "grown" over the years. Between better nutrition, much more meat
and reduction in physical labour and all.
Still, the importance of period foundation garments cannot be ignored.
One has only to examine period gowns from the 1800's up until the 1920's
and then again the "New Look" of the 1950's. Every time some young lady
bounces in carrying a circa 1950's dress, wedding or other formal gown,
I usually tell them to just forget it unless they happen to be of the
same bust and waist size. Even then, such garments were made to and
fitted on boned foundations, and simply will not fit correctly without
them. Even some couture gowns from the 1980's and such won't do either.
Oh, you get the occasional girl who doesn't mind being trussed up, but
even then after a few hours things are a different story. Multiply the
discomfort level to include weather, humid, fabric, sleeve length and a
few other factors as well.
Candide
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