and on the girl’s waist the corset stayed, day and night, waking or sleeping, except for one hour a week when it was removed for “ablutions,” that is, so that the girl could bathe. Then it was replaced, tighter, depriving the wearer of the ability to breathe normally, so that the slightest shock would cause her to fall down in a faint. This was considered “charming.”
All poppycock that came from the mouths of men. A properly fitted corset was no different than wearing a bra today. Modern spanx are just a modern corset without the boning. They are just as restrictive. They were a support garment not a torture device. Most of what you hear of the teeny tiny waists was just fetish material and it was all nonsense. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/everything-you-know-about-corsets-is-false/
