FOREWORD
AS SALT, pepper and sauces are to the best of meats, so the accessories shown in this catalog are to corsets.
The choicest foods need certain condiments to make them pleasing to the cultivated palate and help them give nourishment and satisfaction to the eater. Even so the most perfect corsets need certain accessories to meet the requirements of the individual wearer, and to enable the corset to give the service and satisfaction for which it is designed.
While the proper corset is a support and comfort to the wearer, it is primarily worn as a body—trainer. One of its chief functions is to mould the figure into the flowing and graceful lines demanded by art and fashion. In accomplishing this our accessories not only put the artistic finishing touches on the corset but render positive assistance in producing lines that cannot be attained through the use of the corset alone.
The bust extender because of its boning and contour gives natural lines to the person who is too thin or scant in chest development.
The bust confiner, by proper pressure helps the corset in restraining over—development in the same location where the extender assists in bringing about development by removing pressure.
The brassieres serve as covers to protect the expensivecorset from soiling. At the same time, they are made to meet the wearer's aesthetic taste for beauty. prevent the wrinkling of the gown over the top of the corset, and generally assist in giving smoothness to the body of the dress.
The thigh reducer is designed to reduce excessive upper limb flesh and add to the harmony and grace of outline. It assists in body training over hips and thighs as the confiner does over the bust.
Pads are used to disguise or cover up natural deficiencies. They are simply artificial "fillers in" to give better appearance.
Ruffles are "things of beauty" used for ornamentation— and are, often, effective and desirable substitutes for pads about the top of the corset.
Adaptablility and instructions for measurements, as given herein, and in our pamphlet on "How To Take Measure- ments," will enable Corsetieres to render their customers a service that is not obtainable elsewhere. Unlike garments carried in stores, (graded only in two inch sizes) all our confiners and brassieres are graded in one inch sizes so that the Corsetiere can give not only even numbers, (like 36 to 40) but odd sizes (like 39 to 41) as well. These odd sizes can be obtained only through Spirella Service.
These garments can also be specialized and made "Custom" where necessary to meet individual figure needs. This is an advantage rarely, if ever, given in similar accessories.
