My mother ( bless her ), the first time she saw me wearing an un-boned-tabbed Elizabethan style corset, patted me on the hip and asked,' Is that padding, or you?' It was *all* me. ;-P
I also think that some women squish more than others, depending on the muscle mass underneath whatever surface body fat they have. One friend of mine, despite the fact that she looks like she would have a LOT of squish, doesn't, ( she was very athletic until injury stopped her, which was when she started to put on weight ) and another lady I know who is much slimmer, has quite a lot of squish. So you can never tell, just by looking. Joannah. --- Kathy Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps a personal perception thing. I find that when a larger woman wears a corset, there really isn't a major change in her shape- it's just smoother. A smaller woman, because she does have less stuff to squish, will see more dramatic response to the compression. Add to that a bumroll on a small woman and the difference becomes even more pronounced, whereas a larger woman likely won't need one at all; the corset will have pinched just enough that her hips will have popped out all by themselves. Kathy > I'm puzzled as to what you mean by this, Kathy. > Surely a thin woman has few squishy bits and so > can't mould herself into a different shape? I can't > change my shape with a corset except by constricting > my lower ribs so that I can't breathe freely. _____________________________________________________________ Sluggy.Net: The Sluggy Freelance Community! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
