Terentius, strictures and remarks of, 30.
Thirteenth century, the small waists of, 42.
Thomson's glove-fitting corsets, 204, 205.
Tight corsets, letter in praise of, 182, 183.
Tight corsets needed for short waists, 190.
Toilet of a Roman lady of fashion, 34-36.
United States of America, belles of the, 153.
Venice, fashions of the ladies of, 82, 87.
Venus de Medici, waist of, contrasted with the waist of fashion, 180.
Vienna, slender waists the fashion in, 165.
Voluminous nether-garments of the gentlemen of the Elizabethan period, 82.
Waist, the point at which it should be formed, 193, 194·
Original spelling/hyphenation/punctuation has been retained, but typographical errors have been corrected.
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