Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays

2006-01-27 Thread Lloyd Mitchell
: Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays I haven't followed this discussion but, if no one has mentioned this: Up into the Victorian period, one important type of body modification expected of corsets for pre-adults, including swaddling bands and childhood corsets

[h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays

2006-01-26 Thread Kathy Page
Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I think though some could be qualified. Both of us have a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of view, so take it for what it's worth. With high fashion (of England France and Spain) there was a very definite tendancy to much waist

Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays

2006-01-26 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 04:07 27/01/2006, you wrote: Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I think though some could be qualified. Both of us have a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of view, so take it for what it's worth. With high fashion (of England France and Spain) there was a very

Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabethan Corset Habits was: Gestational Stays

2006-01-26 Thread Lavolta Press
I haven't followed this discussion but, if no one has mentioned this: Up into the Victorian period, one important type of body modification expected of corsets for pre-adults, including swaddling bands and childhood corsets, was to keep the person from developing skeletal deformtities, from