tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530051985531553274.post5339608821464467355..comments2023-10-20T08:00:57.185-07:00Comments on Hunting in Heels: The Discipline of FashionDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668519859871479843noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530051985531553274.post-8103081038025122692012-06-10T18:55:13.213-07:002012-06-10T18:55:13.213-07:00Well when Ethel Granger had her piercings and her ...Well when Ethel Granger had her piercings and her corseted waist and her high heels, it was very much NOT in fashion at all. Women were classed as fashionable if they were able to present a boyish straight up and down figure in their clothing. Low heels or no heels at all were in fashion. Indeed, all of Ethel Granger's shoes had to be custom bought as they weren't on sale in the high street at that time.<br /><br />The thing about corseting is that it is a very personal thing. Everyone who chooses to do so does it for their own reason. With Ethel Granger and her husband, it was a fetish to begin with and then since her waist was so easily compressible (not everyone's is) they decided to try for smaller and smaller just to see if she could get there. You could argue that she did it simply to please her husband, but she wasn't forced to put the corset on, and in the photos of her in them she looks rather proud of herself and how different she was from everyone else.<br /><br />For me, I enjoy wearing my corsets because I love the feeling - that of being hugged continuously. I also love the shape they give to my already hourglass figure (natural measurements 38", 26", 38"). I own corsets with closed waist measurements of 20" and 18". It is usual to wear a corset with a 2" gap at the back when "fully" shut, so that would give 22" and 20" respectively.<br />Prior to my medication induced weight gain, I measured 34", 24", 34" and was able to wear my corsets (both sizes) at 21.5" over the corset. Now I'm 2" bigger at the waist and 4" at the bust and hips, I can easily manage a 2" reduction down to 24". I am currently beginning my waist training to get my natural waist back to 24" without a corset.<br /><br />Corsets are to me a wonderful thing. I find them hugely empowering when I wear one, even when laced only loosely. I don't wear them to be fashionable, I don't wear them because someone else wants me to do so. I just wear them for me.<br /><br />The Vogue article was interesting, but its worth noting that Stella did not corset to that degree for the shoot. She did not otherwise wear a corset and so would not have been able to reduce that much quick enough even if she had wanted to. All of the corsets other than the neck corset were borrowed for the shoot, not made for her. Indeed, a couple of the corsets actually belong to a male tightlacer!<br />The photos of Stella were all photoshopped to take inches off her waist, as you can see if you look closely at the video. The intent was obviously to shock and to try to emulate Ethel Granger. But in reality she only had a modest reduction which anyone could manage with relative ease if they wanted to.AlexaFaiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360354232623869293noreply@blogger.com