Check out the WAISTLINES…!

On a Girdle

by Edmund Waller (1606-1687)

That which her slender waist confined

Shall now my joyful temples bind:

No monarch but would give his crown

His arms might do what this has done.

It was my Heaven's extremest sphere,

The pale which held that lovely deer:

My joy, my grief, my hope, my love

Did all within this circle move.

A narrow compass! and yet there

Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair:

Give me but what this ribband bound,

Take all the rest the Sun goes round.

CAMILLE CLIFFORD

One of the most famous hourglass figures of the Edwardian period.

Rita Heyworth

Diana Dors

HOLLYWOOD- SIGNED, SEALED & LACED

Tight Lacing For The Camera

Vivien Leigh from

“Gone With the Wind”

Jane Seymour- from

“East of Eden”

Audrey Hepburn - ???

Elizabeth Taylor- from “Rain tree Country”

Another one of Vivien Leigh- from

“Gone With the Wind”

The Incomparable Marilyn Monroe

Jessica Alba ( I just love

her dress !)

Nicole Kidman

Monica Belluci

Salma Hayek

Anne Hathaway-(love her gown, too!)

Winona Ryder from “The Age of

Innocence”

Alexandra,

Princess of Wales

A

magnificent

picture of

Alexandra,

Queen of

Great

Britain,

Princess

of Denmark,

and

Empress of

India

What would THEY

think about TODAY'S

permissive and

unstructured

fashions? (...and

bare navels!

Egad!)

What a different

world...

Princesses Maud, Victoria & Louisa

Countess of Leister

Princess Marie of

Mecklenburg

The splendid waist of Grand Duchess

Elizaveta Feodorovna 'Ella'

Empress of Russia

HRH Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary Princess of

Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg

and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony

HRH Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria Princess of

Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg

and Gotha, Duchess

of Saxony ("Harry")

Queen Mary

Queen Maud

LINA CAVALIERI (Actress)

"The most beautiful lady in the beginning of the twentieth century." Her waist makes her

even more beautiful! My! Makes one wonder if a present-day minor celebrity were

tightlace in such a manner, would she be guaranteed to become a major celebrity (and start

a trend?)?

FAMOUS TIGHTLACER

Lillie Langtry (born Emilie LeBreton) was born in 1852 on the Isle of Jersey in

Britain. As a English actress, she was known for her great beauty, not the least of

which was derived from her diminutive waist. This wondrous figure, coupled with

her classic face, won her the admiration of millions, and the name, "Jersey Lily."

Lillie died in 1929, but not before she completed an illustrious career on the stage.

Well, now that it has come to an end,

I feel free to breathe at last---but first lets

Loosen those stays, shall we ?!?

---yes, let out that sigh of relief that

fashion & improvement in health

has evolved enough allow us to take deep

Breaths !!! Just for laughs!

Trinity