Dear Sir,–From time to time I noticed letters in which the writers complain of the difficulty they experience in procuring really high heels. The advertisement you published in last week’s “London Life” should prove very useful to these readers. Personally, I have never had the slightest trouble in purchasing either ultra high heels or the … Continue reading High Heels and tight corsets
Dear Sir,–I have been most interested in the recent correspondence upon the subject of tight-lacing, and as a confirmed addict to this habit all my life I am prompted to give you my views. Firstly, your correspondent can obviously have had little or no experience of the subject in question. He (or she) has fallen … Continue reading Perfect curves of Nature
Dear Sir,–I was reading with interest “R.S.’s” remarks on China, more especially where he deals with the very tight laced corsets worn by the young girls of the Portugese colony. I am told by a stay-maker that tight lacing is the vogue in this country and on the Continent. I was much surprised to hear … Continue reading Are Corsets Beneficial to Health?
Dear Sir, – there have been so many letters latterly in your excellent paper expressing readers views for and against tight lacing, that I have determined to write and tell you how I came to be a member of the well-corsetted brigade. Four years ago, I was taken to prison. I’m not excusing myself, but … Continue reading Straight Laced and Straight
Sir, – The trouble with all the ante-tight-lacers is that they think of tight-lacing in the terms of twenty years ago. Even the modern tight-lacer is prepared to heartily concur in the proposition that to mould a child’s pliable bones by means of a tight corset is little short of criminal. Tight-lacing as a fashion … Continue reading The Truth About Tight-Lacing
Dear Sir, May I trouble you once more to insert a letter in your paper on the subject of small waists? As a firm advocate of tight-lacing, I have read with great interest all that you have already published on the subject. I quite agree with the sensible letter of “M.L.” and “An Admirer,” but … Continue reading An Advocate of Wasp Waists
DEAR SIR, I don’t know whether the idiot signing herself “Tight Lacer” has newly escaped from a lunatic asylum, but, in view of the lifelong injury her letter may cause silly young girls to inflict on themselves, I hope you’ll insert this. I am now thirty, and sensible, but at sixteen I was just such … Continue reading Opponent of Tight-Lacing
Dear Sir, – For a considerable time past I have been a regular reader of your fascinating paper, and although a “mere man,” have been very interested in the correspondence re corsets. It appears to me that, as in many other good things, the real charm of the corset is somewhat prejudiced by extremists in … Continue reading The Charm of the Corset
Dear Sir, Many thanks for the really splendid photograph of the bevy of unshingled girls, which my wife has added to her collection of interesting cuttings from “London Life.” I myself find it difficult to reconcile a closely cropped head with the truly feminine woman, and I have never ceased to admire my wife and … Continue reading Long Hair and Tiny Waists
Dear Sir, – The modern Chinese girls are very up-to-date in their dress and manners, but rarely converse with Europeans as they find English very difficult to understand and learn. Consequently it is a bar to us fellows in the army who would be pleased to know them as companions, but marriage is quite out … Continue reading Fashions in China