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• Introduction
  • Sylphide in 17" corset
  • Who are we?
• History
  • The Corset Trade in the Later 19th Century
• Persons
  • The Empress Elizabeth of Austria
  • Polaire
• Stories
  • Perseverance (1868)
  • La Gêne (1868)
  • My first corset (1870)
  • Memoirs of a corset (1880)
  • How I acquired and maintained a 14 inch waist (1940)
  • Sir W. N. (1882-1968)
  • Christa R. (1968)
  • Wife Dressing
  • Waist measurements
    • Statistic of Waist measurements
    • Data from paper patterns advertisements and dress stands (1886)
    • Waist measurements: Values/Overview (1880)
    • Hygeia: Interviews on the topic waist measurements (1889)
    • Other evidence: Waistlines and corset in letters (1880-1890)
    • Shop-Girls (1893)
    • Factual Inquiry into Tight Corset Wearing (1890s)
      • 1. In your experience, is tight-lacing increasing or decreasing?
      • 2. What is the size of the smallest waisted corset that you keep in stock?
      • 3. What is the smallest waisted corset you have made (a) recently; (b) ever made? Please give bust and hip measurements, if possible.
      • 4. Are corsets worn by younger girls more than formerly? and at what age are real corsets commenced?
      • 5. Do any of your clientèle wear special, or specially arranged underclothing, so as to enable them to lace tightly with less discomfort?
      • 6. Do you think (a) moderate lacing is injurious; (b) very tight-lacing is injurious?
      • 7. What in your opinion are the essentials of a good corset?
      • 8. Do you know of any schools at which tight-lacing is encouraged, enforced, or much practised? Please give fullest details possible.
      • 9. Do any of your customers wear corsets at night?
      • 10. At what age (if a very slender figure is desired) should corset wearing be commenced?
    • Waist Size and Marriageable Age
  • WASP WAISTS - A Study of Tightlacing in the 19th Century and its Motives
• Books
  • Excerpt from the novel: ''Mit den Augen einer Frau''
  • The Corset and the Crinoline - A Book of Modes and Costumes from Remote Periods to the Present Time
    • Preface
    • Contents
    • List of illustrations
    • CHAPTER I
    • CHAPTER II
    • CHAPTER III
    • CHAPTER IV
    • CHAPTER V
    • CHAPTER VI
    • CHAPTER VII
    • CHAPTER VIII
    • CHAPTER IX
    • CHAPTER X
    • Index
• Letters
  • Letter from Aunt Helen to her sister (1892)
  • A mother's letter to her 'just married' daughter (1894)
  • A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1898
  • A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1903
  • A reader's inquiry, taken from a German fashion magazine from 1907
  • A reader's inquiry, taken from a fashion magazine from 1911
  • Letter to H.Y. from S.S-H.
• Adviser
  • A chapter about a good figure. From the 'Brevier der Dame' (1890)
    • Rule #1: Have your corsets all made by an experienced corsetier.
    • Rule #2: Be moderate in eating.
    • Rule #3: Put on your corset before eating breakfast.
    • Rule #4: Don't put off your corset when wearing a negligée.
    • Rule #5: Always have yourself laced in by others.
    • Rule #6: During the lacing you should be entirely relaxed.
    • Rule #7: A lady with a tight waist must take time to have herself laced.
  • Corsets today - an adviser
    • What is a corset?
    • Why should women wear corsets?
    • Who can wear a corset?
    • How tight should I lace a corset?
    • How do I lace my corset correctly?
    • What features must a corset have?
    • What clothes go well with a corset?
    • On which occasions can I wear a corset?
    • Which problems could arouse from corset-wearing?
    • Where can I buy a corset?
• Practice
  • How can I get a corset?
    • Selection
    • Measurements
    • Suppliers
• Experiences
  • What are my aims?
  • What I don't want!
  • Why I wear corsets
  • Kurt Ingerl and the plaster cast
  • Mole
  • Visit to the USA
  • My New Corset
  • Pipestem Waist
  • Men and corsets
  • Corset acceptance and viewpoint
  • Girl Next Door-Look
  • Medical aspects
  • Our plan to make the corset more popular
  • Reaction of people when they see my waist
  • The measurements I started out with were as follows:
  • Old News of LGM
• FAQ
  • Is corset wearing popular in Germany?
  • Was it hard to find a corsetier?
  • How do people react when they get to know that you wear corsets?
  • How did you first get interested in corsets?
  • Do you lace the corset yourself or does someone else for you?
  • When do you remove the corset and at what occasions?
  • What kind of clothes do you wear? How do you dress?
  • Do you enjoy wearing corsets in the public?
  • How can I get HER to like wearing corsets?
  • How can I arrange for HIM to like corsets on me (and to buy me some)?
  • In our days the corset has a bad reputation in the public. What are the reasons for this and why do many people think that corset-wearers are 'abnormal'? What can we do to improve the corset-image?
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