Mebbe, but... ummm... interesting, none the less.
There isn't a man alive who hasn't sat waiting... patiently or otherwise... for his lady to emerge from her boudoir all gussied up and ready to face the world. I used to think such a wait interminable until I watched the video above; now I'm just thanking The Deity At Hand that I lived in the 20th century, and not the 19th... or earlier. And my thanks extend much further than that agonizing wait. I mean, can you IMAGINE how hard it musta been to cop a feel through all that stuff?
Oops. We've revealed our Philistine side. Dang -- yet another self-inflicted wound.
I just don't even want to think about it.
ReplyDeleteWell, I approached this from a male POV, but your thoughts are well-taken, Moogie.
ReplyDeleteChauvinist, maybe, but not a Philistine.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking all that clothing was one of the few forms of birth control available to women back then. :)
ReplyDeleteI think you just cured me of my nostalgia for the past.
ReplyDeleteThat's just crazy!
ReplyDeleteCrazy indeed. Those corsets frequently re-arranged a woman's internal organs, shifting lungs aside and forcing stomach and liver upwards or downwards. They changed the shape of a person, right down to the ribcage.
ReplyDeletePretty - yes. Insane - absolutely.
I think you just cured me of my nostalgia for the past. Yup BR, even though my daddy always said I was born 100 years too late, I can't imagine wearing that
ReplyDeleteheh, wv: swoon. srsly, I think I'd swoon under all that
Skip: You're TOO kind. Really. ;-)
ReplyDeleteRed: I see where you're comin' from.
Dave: The vid put a crimp in my nostalgia, too.
Lou: Aren't you glad you weren't born then?
Kris: Your comment just made me think of wimmen's shoes, aka "torture devices."
Deb: I have a hard time imagining women wearing those things, too.