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Megan Fox’s Tiny Waist Secret: Corsets
Jun 15, 2010 @ 10:57 amMegan Fox will soon appear in the comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, which takes place in the Wild West, but all anyone who’s seen the trailer wants to talk about is her tiny waist. “It’s small,” the star admitted to MTV. With the help of vintage corsets, she explained, “we got it down to about 18 inches.” That, you may recall, is Scarlett O’Hara territory. Megan said she wouldn’t mind if the close-fitting foundation garments made a comeback: “I enjoy them . . . maybe I’m sick,” she joked. But after hearing that the ones she wore in the film “would leave these deep grooves, these deep indents from the boning in the corsets, for the whole next day,” we’re happy to leave them in the past. Do you think corsets should have a place in your closet? Tell us in the comments below.
Absolutely not! Those things are unhealthy and will actually move your organs around with daily use. Women of the Victorian era – those who could afford it – would sometimes have ribs removed to make their waists even smaller and pinch themselves in whalebone – later steel – to the point of fainting. At balls, smelling salts were a must because the slightest exertion and the poor lady was out cold! They even put children and babies in those things!
In fact, the last princess dowager of China was appalled to see western women in those hidous garments even though she had tiny crippling bound feet. She immediately ordered up Chinese style clothing for visitors to get them out of the corsets. She thought they were barbaric.
-JH on June 15th, 2010