Wow. That's a smaller circumference than a roll of toilet paper. LuAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: Rickard, Patty <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Historical Costume<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:57 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Catherine's waist measure
When I was 14 (5'2", 90 some pounds) my waist - sucked in, un-corseted was 16" (that was in the days when small waists were a big item) Patty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Penny Ladnier Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:48 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Catherine's waist measure Luann, I understand what you mean. My grand-daughter is thin like yours and one year old. She has food allergies. She is very low in the percentile on the growth chart. I just measured her and she has a 19" waist. I have always thought the adult under 20" waist was a crock. If you look at children's pattern sizes, the waist sizes are larger than 19". http://www.sewingpatterns.com/simplicity-charts2.html#babies<http://www.sewingpatterns.com/simplicity-charts2.html#babies> My DIL said her waist was 20" before having children and was a size 0. She is very petite built. When I was a teenager and very thin, I had a 24" waist. I started sewing with patterns in third grade and do not recall my waist smaller. The Valentine Museum has a lot of corsets in their collection and the smallest waist is one corset at 20". OTOH, The Corset book I mentioned has a chapter that about small waists in the late 1700s or early 1800s. The author took quotes from Parisian magazines/newspapers of young ladies writing the newspapers about their small waist sizes. I took the chapter with a big grain of salt. The author only does this in that one chapter. His style of writing changes completely in this chapter. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com<http://www.costumegallery.com/> www.costumelibrary.com<http://www.costumelibrary.com/> www.costumeclassroom.com<http://www.costumeclassroom.com/> www.costumeencyclopedia.com<http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com/> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com<mailto:h-costume@mail.indra.com> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com<mailto:h-costume@mail.indra.com> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
