Leaving the 1800s behind
After spending a few days in Natchez, Miss., touring antebellum homes of the 1800s with my mother and daughter, this is all have to say: I’m glad I live in the days of Spanx.
A few of the homes had period dresses and garments on display, and though I’ve seen such clothes before, I am always surprised at how small the ladies and the garments are. Perhaps the corsets stunted their growth.
Really, those lace-up corsets had to be unbelievably painful. Talk about sacrificing comfort for fashion.
A wasp waist is wasted if you can’t breathe and pass out. Which explains the fainting couches in the houses. One doctor in the 1800s even blamed tight-laced corsets for scoliosis and uneven alignment of of breasts, hips and shoulders.
So, ladies, no more complaining about pointed-toe shoes. We’ve got it good. We’ve got choices. And we’ve got Spanx.
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