20 4 / 2012

I love corsets….but holy cow! Nope, not going that far. folkenmalmur: milicentbrovovich: Ethel Granger; the owner of the smallest recorded waist of 13 inches.As Vogue Italia writes, Ethel’s waist was due to her husband, William Granger, who was obsessed with the idea of a wasp-waisted woman. Vogue Italia explains: ”Before their marriage Ethel was a plain, unsophisticated twenty-three year old girl who wore the shapeless 1920s dresses that William despised. […] One epochal day, when William put his arm around Ethel’s waist she asked “darling, can you feel any difference?”. He could: a pair of corsets that tied Ethel into 24 inches, more or less her natural waist line. The process of Ethel’s waist modification began. Initially Ethel was satisfied with wearing a corset only during the day, but William convinced her to keep it on while sleeping.”After years of corsets, Ethel finally achieved a Guinness Book of World Records-worthy 13-inch waist.  Holy fucking hells.

I love corsets….but holy cow! Nope, not going that far.

folkenmalmur:

milicentbrovovich:

Ethel Granger; the owner of the smallest recorded waist of 13 inches.

As Vogue Italia writes, Ethel’s waist was due to her husband, William Granger, who was obsessed with the idea of a wasp-waisted woman. Vogue Italia explains:

”Before their marriage Ethel was a plain, unsophisticated twenty-three year old girl who wore the shapeless 1920s dresses that William despised. […] One epochal day, when William put his arm around Ethel’s waist she asked “darling, can you feel any difference?”. He could: a pair of corsets that tied Ethel into 24 inches, more or less her natural waist line. The process of Ethel’s waist modification began. Initially Ethel was satisfied with wearing a corset only during the day, but William convinced her to keep it on while sleeping.”

After years of corsets, Ethel finally achieved a Guinness Book of World Records-worthy 13-inch waist. 

Holy fucking hells.

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