It certainly looks like it, yes. Or at least a metal corset cover. (I think there must be a laced corset underneath to cinch down the waist. I don't think you could use hinged metal to reduce the waist without pinching something tender) Emma
Quoting "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In the picture on the Guinness site, is she wearing a metal corset? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Katy Bishop > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:51 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] World Record says 15??? was: Corset Training for > 13" > > > She looks gruesome in person, her face is so tortured. I saw her > about 10 years ago at a Victorian ball. > > Katy > > On 11/9/06, Joan Jurancich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 04:59 PM 11/9/2006, you wrote: > > >It just happens to be Guiness World Record Day...they showed a spot > > >on the local news which showed the current world record holders > > >waist has expanded from 15 to 20! > > > > > > > > > >http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/extreme_bodies/small > est_waist_on_a_living_person.aspx > > > > > >Hmmmm > > > > > >Sg > > > > I must say I don't find her wasp-waist to be particularly > > attractive. She looks like she might break in two in a high wind. > > > > > > Joan Jurancich > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > -- > Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > http://anvil.unl.edu/emma http://HelixHandworks.etsy.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
