Good evening, here’s an educational cone meme.Edit: I’ve realized this is a bit hard to read, especi
Good evening, here’s an educational cone meme.Edit: I’ve realized this is a bit hard to read, especially since I made the extra bits on the top and bottom way lighter than I should have, so here’s what it says.“no, I’m afraid you’ve been badly misinformed about 18th century stays. They are not torture devices at all, and you can breathe in them just fine. That scene in Pirates of the Caribbean lied to you. Properly fitted 18th century stays (NOT corsets, that’s a 19th century word) are perfectly comfortable and don’t reduce the waist much, if at all. A small waist was desirable but it was done mainly with optical illusions. Huge wide skirts make the waist look much smaller by contrast, and the lines of the bodice helped too. It’s about the cone shaped silhouette - smoothing the lines of the torso, and also bust support. Tightlacing wasn’t a thing until well into the 19th century, and even then it was the exception rather than the norm.” -- source link
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