Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
DO MEN WEAR CORsETs ?


Progress Of EnnOvation-Inter essInf
i Social Revelations. 49,.
leAItzis a mooted question just now
whether men Of fashion do not wear cor
sets. ga lady of New York; writes to
the New York Sun /: s sf1.s 81 go
ain illustration Of this subject, to
| which you have called attention, permit
me to narrate an incident Of my own ex>
perienee. Being woman, it is perfectly
orthodox for me to buy and wear stays.
Being at my stay makers one day, 1 was
astonished at seeing young man Of ele-
CANT appearance come into the store. /
said to the shopwopan that he had prob
ably come in by mistake. s0h, mob was
the answer; he has come to order corS
sets. We sell great many to gentle
men, leave you to judge Of the manli.
ness of sppropriating an article of ap-
parel which custom, if not nature, has
given exclusively to women sYhEF
A Broadway corset maker writes;
nYou inquire whether men in this
country wear corsets. / know, because
L make them. The finest gentlemen in
town employ this means of giving SYM
metry to their figures. They are not
used SO much by young men as by those
somewhat advanced in life. Wealthy
gentlemen Of middle age like to be
thought handsome, and to have preserved
the symmetry and grace of youth.
should say that there are at least three
thousand gentlemen in New York who |
wear corsets habitually, and lace them
pretty tight, too" ~ ana, E-o |
The following comes from Boston:
81 observe an article IN the Sun on
the wearing of corsets by men. My dem
fist told me recently that many young
men in this city are accustomed to wear
corsets to preserve their waists from be-
coming too large. Whenever I have oc.
casion to administer gas to ladies' he
said, 'lrequest them to loosen their
clothing in order to breathe easily. Oc-
when young men come to have
teeth drawn, and wish to take gas, / find
that they must initiate the ladies in the
matter of loosening stay strings. As
0ften as once in two weeks I have such
Ease on hand.'
"P. r. c." writes from Washington:
81 observe in the Sun, that you ask if
,orsets are worn by men. In this city it
S not at all uncommon for the fashionable
young fellows about town to have staid
Ways. A tailor in the avenue informs me
he has often found regular French corsets
worn by his customers under their waist
oats, and they made no concealment Of
he fact. have heard physicians recon-
mend the custom for men Of consumptive
eRdency. They say it throws the
houlders back, expands the chest, and
'ften prolongs life. On the Continent it
S quite the mode. Frenchmen, English
men and Russians of distinction make
orsets as much part of their dress as
hirts. remember seeing several Lond>
ners at Hamburg, Baden Baden and
3iarritz, who took special pains with
heir stays, and had several different
airs, using silk in summer, and fine
voolen in winter. Henri Rochefort, the
amous journalist, is said to be wearer
f corsets, and his graceful figure is par
tally ascribed to their use. You may
ecall an article in the Figaro, pub
ished about year ago, in which corsets
we're earnestly recommended. The writer
aid they were tres ut7es a la 6OHne
ante ettndispensables a pelegance de
a .forme masculine. So, you see,
here is high authority for the use Of cor
ets."