Diagram 8. Diagram 8 shows in the broken outline a typical case of the deformity of the figure caused by one of the "flattening hip" corsets upon which corset makers have expended all their energies the past two years. Being too narrow at the hips to go down in place at the waist line, this corset is short-waisted and constricts the lower part of the thorax. It presses the flesh downward and causes a most unsightly bulging of the thigh muscles. The black outline shows normal proportions restored by the correct corset.
Comparative measurements of the two corsets (in inches) :
Incorrect Corset
Correct Corset.
Bust
40
40
Waist
28
29
Hips
48
43½
The first corset showed a difference of 20 inches between waist and hip measurements, the second, a difference of only 14½ inches, producing better proportions by 5½ inches and giving a comfortable feeling as well as better appearance to the body. This shows that a large woman appears much less conspicuous if her body is not encased so tightly in corsets that the flesh is displaced and caused to protrude where the pressure of the corset ceases.
