Author: CorsetMaster

Dear Sir, – I do hope you don’t think I write too often, but your correspondence columns contain so much that is interesting that I am always feeling that I must butt in. Now what about “F. M. C.” who condemns the wearing of corsets? “Let’s be natural,” she says, yet to carry this to … Continue reading Miss Hildago

Dear Sir, – I was very interested to see in your issue of Dec. 11th, a drawing on the fashion page a new small-waisted Paris creation in black satin. Since seeing it my friend wore a similar dress at a fancy dance recently. She wished to wear something different from the usual dance frock and … Continue reading The Small-Waisted Paris Creation

Dear Mr. Editor – I have only recently made the acquaintance of your charming little paper, but I must confess myself completely captivated by it. I thought it might interest you to know that fired by tiny waists and high heels of so many of your correspondents, I am just starting a course of tight-lacing … Continue reading Experiences of Waist Training

To “The Dresser.” Dear Madam. – I noted with interest your intimation, accompanied by a design on the Fashion page, of an attempt by the Paris modistes to re­introduce the hour-glass vogue. I recently returned from a visit to my sister who resides in St. Nazaire, and during my stay there I had many opportunities … Continue reading The Hour Glass Vogue

Dear Sir, – Enid, and other correspondents to your very fascinating paper, are probably right in saying that it is impossible to give up corsets once the habit is formed.My own subjection to “My Lady Corset” dates back twenty years to the days when I was a boy of seventeen years, and played a girl’s … Continue reading Variety Performer’s Views on Corsets

Dear Sir, – Please do not think I am gushing when I say that the popularity of “London Life” is undoubtedly due to your obvious efforts to please, and your slogan “Hear all sides” makes the weekly budget of correspondence something worth looking forward to. The little fads of readers which you publish are intensely … Continue reading Charm of Mid-Victorian Dress

Dear Sir, – May I, as a mere man, express my indignation over Marie Hildago’s letter in a recent issue.In the first place, is it natural for a young lady to go through torture, as it must be, to submit to the process of having herself stretched so that she can be laced in tighter, … Continue reading “To your own self be true.”

To the Editor, London Life.Dear Sir,For my own part, I have no hesitation in saying “No!” I like to see a woman as God ordained her to be, and not one of those silly creatures who are afraid of showing the figure Nature has given her. “Wasp-Waist” (a fascinating title) must be very vain to … Continue reading Men Dislike Deformities

Sir, – Did I see a devotee of Victorian fashions in Farringdon street the other day? A girl wearing a blue coat, fur-trimmed at collar and cuffs, obviously extremely laced. As “Victorian” once wrote in your paper, her walk gave it away. Also the “hang” of her coat at the waist. I followed her from … Continue reading Admires Wasp Waists