THE NEWEST CORSETS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 9

THE NEWEST CORSETS.

The most radiical changes ever made in the form of Avomen are to be es> pected soon with the advent of tho iioav corset now. being placed on the market folloAving its exploitation by the fashionable magazines. The newest corsets are longer beloAv the Avaist considerably shorter above,

and straighter, if possible. They are laced in >an entirely different way;" as a perfectly straight line from the bust to the lOAver (idge of the: corset must be had. "v. \> ' % a 4 ...;., ; , , :•-- Heretofore the ;has been the objective jpoint of "corset lacing; now one long.;daee.yaiids long, takes tlie place of tlie two or -three formerly in use, and as a result the Avaist line, or where the. old^walslt; ; lin& used to be, is left ; is certainly a boon to poor, corseted Avomanhood. The iiiAvard curve, thank heaven, is )+*.•<•'.■ ■■ The new corsets * are 'iiot only-com-fortable, but with this method of lacing them they iiare ydeeidedly loose. ... Among the extreme devotees of fashion the objecjb.jis to appear absolutely iincorseted.. Frenchwomen are wearing corsts that' ex'telid not more than an inch above the- waist line, which the corset makers insist must be as large as it can possibly be made, and the Parisian modistes often suggest adding an'inch or'tAVO to the size of milady's waist; ■■''■"■■ If you Avant to have- a fashionable figure during the coming- feeason, the lines of the form: corset, must be perfectly straight, Tyithout even a suggestion of a waist > , ; and it must be laced from the- hips and. not from' the centre of the back. -> Hiy,4> ~■"'■.