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...that the vertebrae would separate. In the early 19th century, English fashion in female bodies was ethereal, emaciated; a tubercular fragility was considered attractive. Women subsisted on a diet of vinegar and belladonna to achieve the Pre-Raphaelite "fatal slimness." The crowning, confining glory of Victoriana was the whalebone corset, which gave Actress Lillie Langtry her "ideal" 38-18-38 measurements, and which sometimes displaced internal organs. For some women, that was not enough: in pursuit of the hourglass figure they underwent surgical removal of their lower ribs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideal Of Beauty | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

Confecting an English accent was easy for her; "I think of myself as a great mimic." Classical training also helped, "primarily in getting me used to wearing a corset for hours at a time." Playing Sarah posed problems "because the reasons for her actions were so vague. I knew only that she was 'ambitious.' And because so much was covered up during Victorian times, I had to come on as though there was a fire inside, while remaining outwardly calm. I had, as the English say, to be careful about not going over the top. I played the monologue like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Meryl Magic | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...very first animated Popeye cartoon, while singing his macho theme song, Popeye reveals that, under his shirt, he wears a corset. Robin Williams might have developed this image, but in Altman's limited and narrow Popeye, we never find...

Author: By Jared S. Corman, | Title: More Spinach, Less Altman | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

What is the purpose here? This seems to be dumpy, old Isadora Wing, dressed in pantaloons and a corset, belting out "I Am Woman" in Olde English...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Victimizing Women and Readers | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

...than raise capital on the stock market. Referring to the Bourse's principal trading circle by nickname, De Gaulle declared icily: "France's policy is not made in the Basket." Stockbroker Antoine Durant des Aulnois recalls that being a dealer during the Gaullist era was "like selling corset ribs at a time when women didn't wear corsets any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Paris Bourse Is Magnifique | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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