Comparing Modern to Victorian Corsets (and why not all corsets are ok)

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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Image © Vanyanis, used with permission.
[2] Home Notes. "The KHIVA Corselet". Home Notes, vol. IV, 10 November, 1894, p. 116. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=Bzq2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=khiva+corset&source=bl&ots=_dt0xShah_&sig=ACfU3U193dKZTEz1WVBycwQ-KmSFmwzzqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2nOXClIXuAhXvGFkFHRmeBLUQ6AEwC3oECAQQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[3] The Sioux County journal. [volume] (Harrison, Nebraska), 13 Feb. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2018270201/1896-02-13/ed-1/seq-3/
[4] "Ferris Athletic Waist." General Federation Bulletin, vol. V, no. 9, 1908. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, link.gale.com/apps/doc/VCEHOF269928254/NCCO?u=nypl&sid=NCCO&xid=3c519e8c. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021.
[5] "Maud of Wales with her regalia as queen of Norway" January, 1901. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Wales#/media/File:Maud_of_Wales.jpg
[6] "Corset" [Stays]. Mid 18th c. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90458
[7] Portrait of a woman, ca.1860s. Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Portrait_of_a_woman,_ca.1860s_(4670813).jpg
[8] This point is often made by dress historian and 19th century specialist Luca Costigliolo.
[9] Fig. 165 — Corset droit 1904. Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corset_droit1904.gif
[10] Hecklinger, Charles. "The Keystone Guide to Jacket and Dress Cutting". The Herald of Fashion co., New York. 1895. [https://archive.org/details/keystonejacketdr00heck/page/82](https://archive.org/details/keystonejacketdr00heck/page/82)

Footage of Symington corsets © Leicestershire Collections, used with permission.

0:00 Introduction & Some Necessary Disclaimers
2:22 Construction Differences: Modern vs Victorian
5:08 A Corset for Every Size & Purpose
6:59 In Defence of Shapely Bellies
8:01 ALL SHOES are Inherently Painful. (Assumption, Generalization, Misconception)
11:09 The Roles of Fit and Size in Comfort
13:27 My Experience Wearing the Mass-Manufacture Corset
15:50 Corsetting the Plus Sized Body (ft. Costuming Drama)
20:04 Questioning Why We Believe What We Believe
23:20 Adventuring with Audible

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