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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 4376630, member: 738&quot;]Perhaps by then the influence of the &#039;dress reformers&#039; was beginning to be felt. Even so, corseting began at an early age, usually 10 years old, so the skeletal deformities would have become permanent by the time she reached child-bearing age. And they wonder why we fainted so much! The 1st image is a c. 1870 late-stage mourning bodice from the Cora Ginsberg Collection. 17&quot; waist! [ATTACH=full]366467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]366466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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