One thing you can be sure Esther had that I don't is a big difference between hip and waist. Yeah, I could pad instead of cinch and have my lower body more in proportion with my shoulders, but I'd rather cinch because a) I'm not sure I have the time to experiment with padding, which I've never made before, b) I could use a corset in a different color for another costume, and c) cinching is more fun. :D
I keep hearing that the feminine ideal was much larger in antiquity, but after spending the last several days looking at second millenium B.C.E. art I'm not sure I buy it. Sure, these women weren't Kate Moss, but few if any of them are bigger than the current average (and given how that's increased in recent decades, most of them might be smaller). Consider the past and present Middle Eastern preference for young brides: women -- girls, really -- whose figures haven't had much time to spread.
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Re: I will ask Mother
Date: 2003-03-11 09:32 am (UTC)From:One thing you can be sure Esther had that I don't is a big difference between hip and waist. Yeah, I could pad instead of cinch and have my lower body more in proportion with my shoulders, but I'd rather cinch because a) I'm not sure I have the time to experiment with padding, which I've never made before, b) I could use a corset in a different color for another costume, and c) cinching is more fun. :D
I keep hearing that the feminine ideal was much larger in antiquity, but after spending the last several days looking at second millenium B.C.E. art I'm not sure I buy it. Sure, these women weren't Kate Moss, but few if any of them are bigger than the current average (and given how that's increased in recent decades, most of them might be smaller). Consider the past and present Middle Eastern preference for young brides: women -- girls, really -- whose figures haven't had much time to spread.