Corset sellers hate them! They discovered one simple trick that makes their waists look tiny

BTW one other thing I forgot to mention in the video is how small people where back then. When you hear someone's waist was 18 in (47 cm), it sounds impossible, but is less impressive when the person was 5 ft (150 cm) tall and wearing a corset since her teen years. Having seen a lot of fashion history exhibitions, I've noticed that some of the clothes would barely fit a modern 10 yo child. If you keep that in mind, achieving a 20 in (51 cm) waist doesn't sound that crazy. Some of my modern friends naturally possess a 21 in (53 cm) waist and they're 5 ft 5 (167 cm) tall. Edwardian people's measurements though where closer to what we wear now. But remember, if possible, to always check the person's documented height and bodybuild (skinny people obviously will have before smaller waists) before you start squealing at their crazy figures.

More reading:
Dispelling the Myth of the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Waist
http://bit.ly/2uUxfgv
"That Waist!" Photo Editing at the Turn of the Century http://bit.ly/2wsYJtp


Sceptics, I am ready for your elaborate comments about how I'm wrong and how women with waists the size of their elbows actually existed. Go on.

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