how victorians got tiny waists

You'll never look at a corset with disdain again. – Photo credit: Bernadette Banner/Youtube

Fashion, Pop Culture, Popular

What Hollywood gets wrong about corsets, and how the Victorians actually got a tiny waist

Heather Wake

5/6/2023
Pictured here: Anita Omary; her son, Osman; and Omary’s close friends – Photo credit: Array

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Family, Modern Families, Motherhood

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