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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays
> I haven't followed this discussion but, if no one has mentioned this:
>
> Up into the Victorian period, one important type of body modification
> expect
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27/01/2006 04:07 >>>
wrote {snip}
> Corsetry, at it's core purpose is to
>mould the squishy bits into a pleasing shape. Some
>people just take that a step further than others.
>... Also too naturally thin women always
I haven't followed this discussion but, if no one has mentioned this:
Up into the Victorian period, one important type of body modification
expected of corsets for pre-adults, including swaddling bands and
childhood corsets, was to keep the person from developing skeletal
deformtities, from be
At 04:07 27/01/2006, you wrote:
Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I
think though some could be qualified. Both of us have
a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of
view, so take it for what it's worth.
> With high fashion (of England France and Spain)
> there was a very
Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I
think though some could be qualified. Both of us have
a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of
view, so take it for what it's worth.
> With high fashion (of England France and Spain)
> there was a very definite
> tendancy to much waist
