The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-03
TIE CORSET IN DRESS
Important Part II Plays in Modern
Clothing and How 1t Should
Be Put On.

The corset plays an important part
in the makeup of the well dressed
woman, more especially since we are
not permitted by dame fashion to dis
play individuality in figure, but must
all conform to one or the other OF the
prevailing types
Ouida, an authoress who described
her heroine's clothes in great detail
once said, "have a dress of sackcloth
If you like, but have an artist to cut
it," The same applies to the corset,
each type of figure, tall or short, stout
or slender, proportionate or otherwise,
requires a different model to bring out
and accentuate it's best lines. No one
except an experienced corsetiere who
Eas studied anatomy and corset de-
signing at the same time, can decide
what style of corset is adapted TO her
clients needs and, in her way, She
too, is an artist. BY careful adjust
ment a slight irregularity such as one
high hip or unequal development OF
any part of the body can be corrected
and a proper corset can give the IL
lusive effect of considerable reduction
to large figure.
The modern corset is so designed
that graceful lines are compatible with
comfort and hygiene. Some of the old
caricatures show a lady hanging onto
the post Of bed while her maid pulls
at the strings of her corset till her
waist resembles an hour glass. With
these wasp wasted corsets a broad
wooden husk was necessary to give
the effect of the straight front of to-
day. Now, this straight effect Is at
tanned by a judicious arrangement of
cores, gussets and shaped pieces,
which cause no pressure on any one
spot.
Not one woman in a hundred puts
on a corset correctly and, for that
reason alone it is advisable that ev-
cryone should go to a Reliable es-
adjustment and have various models
tried on and the proper method Of
lacing explained, instead of selecting
them haphazard from box or counter.
The shape found suitable can be re-
ordered without fitting unless there
is considerable gain or loss of flesh
in the meantime.
In putting on a corset draw the laces
cut to their fullest extent so that when
q sack. F'asten the front hooks, and
pull down the undergarment so that
no wrinkles remain to chafe the skin.
Next draw the laces at the waist as
snugly as possible and, still holding
them taut, with the other hand tighten
those on the lower half from the bat
tom upwards, then from the top of the
corset downwards towards the waist
line finally drawing out the length
cned laces and tying them. This done,
run the fingers up and down the laces
equalizing the spaces. These are the
directions given by one of the leading
corsetieres of America, whose gracious
curves and svelte lines are a living
testimonial of her methods.
This fastening of the waist first
settles the position of the waistline;
otherwise, if the corset is drawn in
from the bottom up, it is thrown out
of gear and bulges or "hoops" on the
hips, while If the laces are closed
across the back decided twist is sure
to develop.
When the bust is proportionately
larger that the hips the corset must
be got to fit the hips and the upper
part left loosely laced, or V-shaped
gussets can be inserted in each side
of the front reaching clear to the
waist line; these give the necessary
width
Where a bulge or blister forms on