The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03
WATSTS WILL RE SMALLER.
COrsetIere Gives Reasons for Looking for
Revival Of Tight LaClnx.

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a Revival Of Tight LaCinx.
Probably no corsetiere in London has q
wider or more extended experience Of tho
I, practice of tight lacing than the lady whom
| am obliged to designate Mme. Y, says a
correspondent OF the London Tribune.
is tight lacing on the i~ncrease?" I in
quired of her. -
Most certainly was the rc9ly. "OY
course extreme tight lacers are not very,
very numerous. hut the average waist ia
certainly decreasing in size, and one sees a
great many more trim figures o than a
couple Of years ago. y quite think We are
going to see what the par ers call a revival
Of extreme tight lacing. such as I remember
~thirty-five years ago.
Il chiefly make to order and my s-ecialty
Ia tight lacing or figure training corsets
for ladies and children: but l have to keep
n few good makes in ready mades, and I
find hat the demand for the smaller sizes
has doubled during the last nine or ten
months. Eiehteens are quite commonly
asked for, and | rave sold numbers of
pairs OF seventeeus and sixtesns the last
few weeks. I think yOu would find upon
inquiry that most corsetieres having a high
class trade would says That waists are and
will he smaller. remember the other day
meeting the ana Of a Wholesale house
who old me that the trade In the smaller
sizes Cbelow Wenty inchesl has doubled II
not trebied tho last twelvemonth."
10 you think that Young girls and cal
dren ARE lRcing tightly or their Rsuree
being systematically trained Ia any ~eNtent?"
I next inquired.
Younger girls Of say 10 10 ~ sre GER
ts,nly lacing into smaller COrsets than
for some wears past. But those who srS-
t~ematiCally train are not very numerous.
7 have a good many under training at the
present time. hat compared with the hum
dreds of thousands who are corset weOrers
they are few"
Gould Won give me any particulars con-
corning tie system pursued in a general
way;'l interrupted.
Il do rot, Of course. care to glye away
many secrets replied lime. v, smiling,
but will tell you III ! can in general terms.
NV client. whether child. young ledy or
grown woman, is first carefully measured;
any pecIliarities Of figure are noted and
the size To which the waist 10 to be reduced
is settled upon. mis- depends generally
upon three things: the type Of figure ,sper-
sonal wishes, and moun Of tine that can
be devoted TO the training. | am no be-
lever in sudden reduction such az is spoken
Of by some of the correspondents in tine
rapers. Then this point being settled.
THREE pairs OF cOrsets are made; n for
ordinary wear, one for wear on special
occasions and one for night use. I then
a chart for the guidance OF the
raid, or the lady herself, in which is set
down the amount OF weekly reduction de-
sirable, hints upon the proper lacing OF the
corset and general instructions.
ITO AXE q typical case OF "A u lady
who was brought to me by her mother
ut the beginning OF this year. The young
lady was sixteen and a half years Of age.
tall. and already possessed a well devel-
oped figure. She had worn quite good
corsets, fairly closely laced in since she
was "a. She at the time OF which I am
speaking had a waist Of 20 inches. Her
mother was DESTROYS that 10 should be
reduced to 10. l provided three pairs
nary ones measured rs inches. the special
III inches. the night ones (shOrt on the
hips and low in the bust) 1917. Miss J.
wore her 10 inch corsets laced close the
week before the last Buckingham Palace
garden party, and her mother and she
herself were so delighted with the effect
that she came to me a day or two later
90 be measured for a pair OF ifteens for
dress occasions
Nov. Mime. X" / said. can you tell
me who has the smallest waist in London.
or at least among your clientele2"
ITO answer the first question would not
be easy, although IL I might hazard q guess
It would be a young lady ian a~ctress( living
at Shepherds Bush, for whom 1 make.
/ have recently sent her two pairs tone
n short opera corset), both Of which have
~ inch waists. You ma loo incredu-
lous, but It il true all the same. ~ here
10 the entry In my book. ! will just cover
over the name and address and then you
may look for yourself
L glanced at the entry. which. read az
follows: Material. pink brocaded silk.
~, and real w~halebOne. Bust. soA
inches; hips. az inches: waist. II inches
length lin frOnt), IA inches: lsngth ut back.
IILl inches" &c.
sOf course rssumed Nine; X. after a
pause. this 10 an extreme case; but make
thirteens for several ladies n also for
several children n young girls. More
still fourteens. n larger sizes up to eigh-
taena or nineteens. One lady at
Southsea is hoping 10 get q ~ inch waist
bV Christmas; but | am trying TO dissuade
her, as it would mean too rapid a reduc-
ton 20 be safe"
But urged. IONS seldom sees these
very small Waists abon'?'
aNo one doesn't, I admit, = was the reply.
-You would perhaps be surprised at the
nnnber Of my clients who lace extremely
tightly because they positively K the
vet. except indoors. seldom appear At their
finest. frequently make pads 10 go
around the waist ~ the corset for wear under
outdoor costumes. because these extremely
laced ladies' n young ladies' say that
a fourteen or fifteen inch waist attracts
son n-..ch undesirable attention in the street.
All nv assistants who come into PERSONAL
contact with my clients have 20 have good
a1ures. do not. however, insist upon
waists Of less than seventeen inches. nor
do I. as I believe somo corsetieres do. ofer
premiunns for smaller. But al h same. ]
have two. young ladies ~ sixteen inches.
one Of fifteen and my head assistant Is
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