👌 Bare Minimum
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(By anonymous stableboy. Oail on canvais. 1880s.)
The Victorian times were really strict, especially in France that desperately tried to outfashion its British rivals. It was the peak of fanciness for any wealthy bourgeois to marry an impossibly hourglass-shaped young wife, and girls trained hard to accomodate the smallest corsets.
Most boys had it easier, but not Jacque who was a famous corsetiere's best model. The boy had a special talent and determination, discovered early as he was in fact the corsetiere's own son. His special talent and determination allowed him to bear corsets that made other models faint, and he would usually spend 2-4 hours every day while cinched to the bare minimum.
What do you think? 😄
Some corseted women actually got to this stage, too.
Yeah, small people always tried to mimic whatever kinks their kings were into... When some French king was into ballet, everybody else was into ballet as well, so when some queens or princesses took an interest in corsetry, everyone else got into it...
Eventually the fashion for small waists because very aggressive, nothing artistic, just a dress code for everyone, which is sad because many girls (and boys as well) genuinely loved waist-cinching and enjoyed the process of waist training, but making something so special a standard for everyone would turn any beautiful fashion into a horrible thing...
Naturally, people got tired and ended up fighting against it, and in the end they destroyed it of course like they always do, buried the "old fashion" and made people who genuinely enjoyed it look bad for still practicing it. But the 20th century proved that corsetry is not dead, was carefully preserved and in the 21st century had a full scale rebirth thanks to the internet, most probably.
vk.com/w.meier
vk.com/id545287219
Here's a couple of great collections I've bookmarked, showing how many people practice it today and I think many look like they could put the 19th century princesses to shame :D
Eventually the fashion for small waists because very aggressive, nothing artistic, just a dress code for everyone, which is sad because many girls (and boys as well) genuinely loved waist-cinching and enjoyed the process of waist training, but making something so special a standard for everyone would turn any beautiful fashion into a horrible thing...
Naturally, people got tired and ended up fighting against it, and in the end they destroyed it of course like they always do, buried the "old fashion" and made people who genuinely enjoyed it look bad for still practicing it. But the 20th century proved that corsetry is not dead, was carefully preserved and in the 21st century had a full scale rebirth thanks to the internet, most probably.
vk.com/w.meier
vk.com/id545287219
Here's a couple of great collections I've bookmarked, showing how many people practice it today and I think many look like they could put the 19th century princesses to shame :D
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