Corset come-back

I didn't realise that basques and corsets had gone out of fashion. I just thought that the time and reason for wearing them had changed

I do have a stretchy all in one thing that I do on occasion wear... wedding or the like. It can't remove bulk.... but it does smooth it about and stop too much wobble. A bit of smoothing of the flab body lets a garment hang a little bit better.

janerowena made me laugh and reminded me of the time at a family get together lunch in a mid summer heatwave. I was wearing a maxi linen dress, bare legs and flat sandals looking nice and cool but underneath I was dying from the overheat of wearing an all-in-one. Into the ladies and wheeked it off and into my handbag. Of course that meant all booby support was also removed. I didn't care.

If any yougnster is interested in learning about the history of corsets (oops anyone really, sorry) and all the 'technical' aspects, say students in fashoin or texitle- then a visit to Market Harborough Museum which is situated in the old Symington Corset factory is really interesting.

But not, not for me, thanks!

My mother used to refer to her 'foundation' garment. She had a lovely slim figure but always insisted it needed support.

Believe me I can jiggle in anything

I look back with fondness on my rubber Playtex girdle. I felt very 'held' when I wore it and safe from lustful male eyes looking for a jiggly bum in my clinging skirt.

You don't jiggle in a girdle.

Women seem to have split into two far more distinct camps. The very natural ones and the glamourpusses. I can't see many young girls willing to keep that fashion going for too long, once they have tried it, especially after years of wearing stretchy denim and leggings.

I read an article in The Telegraph last weekend about this saying that corsets 'are back'. I thought the women's movement fought long and hard to free women from the tyranny of garments designed by men to squeeze and supress women into unnatural forms for their delectation. Did we burn our bras for this?

I really hope they are just a fashion item, it's bad enough with people encouraging you to wear 'shape-forming' underwear. Has anyone ever tried to wear any on a hot day under a posh frock when you can't park in a city and are trying to find a church in high heels? My first and last time, ever. It's the equivalent of wearing a duvet under your clothes, all that nylon.

Was reading about this in Sunday papers....and its not about corset lookalikes....but actually squeezing-in corsets that do untold damage. Evidently its something to do with the new (much hyped) Cinderella movie. The actress is quoted as living on soup and having dreadful indigestion.

If young girls ignore all the historical evidence of organ displacement (including wombs) and poor circulation and breathing problems they will be very foolish. I had to abandon support tights (for dodgy veins) a couple of years ago because the minimal amount of pressure they afforded on my tummy, really aggravated my developing prolapse.

Hells teef! I though we had moved away from fashion that mutilated us and restricted our life styles!

They'll soon find out why they went out of fashion! Basques were 'in' weren't they, but didn't stay (groan) last long?
Definitely for the younger generation me thinks......thank heavens

I can never understand where all the flesh is supposed to go. If I try to squidge it in, it always feels as though it is trying to get out "down there! Which is worrying, to say the least.