PICCADILLY says —“MIGNON’S call to the admirers of that charming fashion of small waist to ’rally round the banner that has been unfurled,” induces me to add my testimony to the fact that a clumsy figure is to the great majority of gentlemen absolutely repulsive. I am myself a member of what are called the ‘upper classes,’ and can only say that the present fashion of very short waist is fast disappearing among ladies of taste; and I believe the controversy in your widely-read Magazine has done good service in bringing about this most desirable change. One has only to go to ‘the Row,’ when it is filled with fair équestriennes, to see how a small waist, set off by the elegantly-fitting riding habit, calls forth the admiration of the fashionable critics. I have myself, after a ball, where my partner, by following the absurd ‘Empire’ style, has succeeded in spoiling an elegant figure, watched, the next day, with eager eyes, to catch a glimpse of her in the ‘Row,’ and, as I anticipated, was rewarded with the sight of a slender figure, with the waist of its proper length and size, set off to perfection by the dark blue riding-habit.”