STAYS – LAURA will be very much obliged to some of our correspondents who have the happiness of being possessed of small waists, or whose practice it may be to have themselves “tightly laced in very tight-fitting stays”, if they will kindly inform her where such stays as they use are to be obtained. The … Continue reading Laura and Stays
NORA says – “I venture to trouble you with a few particulars on the subject of ‘tight-lacing’, having seen a letter in your March number inviting correspondence on the matter. I was placed at the age of fifteen at a fashionable school in London, and there it was the custom for the waists of the … Continue reading Tight-Lacing at a Fashionable School
H.W., in commenting on the remarks of STAYLACE, observes – “STAYLACE says she admires a small and elegant waist and wishes to achieve one. Allow me to ask if she has tried one of the small waistbands that draw together with cords in front? They are quite sufficient for any woman with a slight … Continue reading Tight-Lacing Will be Unnecessary
FEMALE PROPORTIONS. – TIP wishes to tell the OLD WOMAN that she may find what she wants in Ruskin’s works or those of TIP’S uncle, the late President of the Royal Academy; but she has heard (though unable to vouch for the truth of it) that the correct proportions of the female human frame are … Continue reading Female Proportions
Dear Sir,–As an old reader of your delightful paper, I wonder if you could spare me a little space in your correspondence columns? I have along with mamma, followed the correspondence on tight-lacing. With a view to keeping a slim figure, during the time that this has been fashionable. I have been wearing 18in. corsets … Continue reading Advice from Readers Wanted
Dear Sir,–The demand of your readers for a number on figure training by corsets is decidedly interesting, and should also be beneficial to many. After years of experience, I have proved that the wearing of a properly cut corset is a remarkable corrective of constipation, gives great comfort and marked benefit in cases of internal … Continue reading Benefits Bestowed by Corsets
Dear Sir,–I look forward to your jolly weekly every time, and your corset and high-heel correspondence is just fine, but I don’t believe much of it. You will wonder why? Well, extreme tight-lacing can’t be done in the haphazard way many readers pretend they do it; there is too much of the following sort of … Continue reading Tortures of Tight-Lacing
Dear Sir,–They say that what “the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve over.” But look at me! I blush to say that I have only just discovered your paper, and I grieve deeply for all the back numbers that I have missed! I don’t mind saying now, as I have become your staunchest supporter, … Continue reading The Fascination of “London Life”
Dear Sir,–In these corsetless days my letter may not meet with the approval of all “London Ligers,” but I hope you will be generous enough to publish it. “R. C. P.” delighted me with his admirable letter, and I thoroughly agree with his contention that tight-lacing is not injurious if systematic methods of figure training … Continue reading Tight-Laced and Healthy at Eighty
Dear Sir,–In my humble opinion, and as a lady’s maid of considerable experience, I very much doubt whether dressing a maid in short frocks, silk lingerie, etc., would solve the servant problem, as some of your correspondents have suggested. A girl dressed in this musical-comedy-maid style would be liable to develop an exaggerated idea of … Continue reading Modern Fashions and The Servant Problem