Quintessentially Quilly

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1. Well done. “A home for your inner angel and 2/3 the rest of you, too!”
   .-= Doug´s last blog ..The Reformation of Wolfshausen =-.

   1. Doug — and the other 1/3 – -what shall we do with that?

2. LOL, yep, more a torture device than a figure enhancement. You do sometimes wonder what they were thinking when they not only made but wore those.
   .-= Barbara H.´s last blog ..Odds and ends =-.

   1. … and in an era when it was a mortal sin for a woman to be seen in public with so much as a bare ankle.

      1. Amoeba — bare ankles were scandalous, bare breasts were much more acceptable. Remember, men were making the rules.

         1. Sorry, dear, you’re mixing your eras. Louis XIV (bare breasts) vs. Victoria (covered ankles). Big difference.

   2. Barbara — thinking?!

3. Amen – I don’t see how women could stand those!
   .-= Mocha with Linda´s last blog ..United by a Common Bond =-.

   1. Linda — I imagine they stood them much more easily than they sat.

4. I’m breathing in at the thought of it! LOL
   .-= Akelamalu´s last blog ..Peace and Friday 55 Flash Fiction # 102 Santa? =-.

   1. Akelamalu — and in this contraption, that just might be your last breath!

5. LOL!!! Boy do you have that right! I don’t know how women BREATHED when they wore those things!
   .-= Melli´s last blog ..Christmas Day… =-.

   1. Melli, they didn’t. Remember the stereotype of the woman fainting at any sort of emotional shock? It was asphyxia. You try to take any sort of “emergency breath” and it just ain’t there …

   2. Melli — breathing is highly overrated.

6. Lucifer is right! Women didn’t breathe, they passed out; hence all the fainting of the day.

   1. Mountain Mama — you and Amoeba collaborated on your answers, didn’t you?

7. .
   I wouldn’t know, I’ve never worn one of these.
   Do you think Lucifer invented Barbie? she
   doesn’t wear a corset.
   ..
   .-= Jim´s last blog ..Slap her down again, Pa (make her tell us where she’s been, Pa) — Ruby (Red) Tuesday — Cars =-.

   1. No, Jim, just the South Beach diet and enough unreasonable expectations to populate a concentration camp.

   2. Jim — Barbie is plastic and perfect — which seems to be the ideal model for most men.

      1. .
         I’m taking that as a compliment of our good taste and not a put down. Thank you. Most men though, don’t have what it takes to compete for a Barbie type.
         Besides skin is only skin deep.
         ..
         .-= Jim´s last blog ..Slap her down again, Pa (make her tell us where she’s been, Pa) — Ruby (Red) Tuesday — Cars =-.

8. Not ever wearing one of those myself I wouldn’t know how women would know it was made by Lucifer. I’ll take your word for it. Great take on the picture 🙂
   .-= Thom´s last blog ..Microfiction Monday #11 =-.

   1. Thom — we can fit you for one if you like. they actually made a male model. One never hears much about those. I wonder why?

      1. William Shatner wore one of the male versions as he got older to make Captain Kirk look better, or so they say.

         But what do I know, I’m a Spock girl.
         😉
         .-= Susan at Stony River´s last blog ..Ella Goes To Belfast =-.

         1. Well, Susan, that explains how come so much of Shatner’s acting reminds me of this line from Harry Turtledove’s book How Few Remain: “[He] struck a pose that might have been a politician on the stump or a man waiting with concentrated urgency to use the privy.”

9. LOL! I suppose I’ve worn a version of the corset – had a few ribs broken in an explosion, and the lace up was for both my back and ribs – I would bet it wasn’t anywhere near as tight as Lucifer intended it for his victims! Great view of the nasty device!

   Cheers!
   .-= Steven´s last blog ..Stony River’s Microfiction Monday =-.

   1. Steven — thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed the post. And I am glad you’ve been freed from your truss!

10. awww, great!

    however, is this torture device known as corset any worse than the contemporary methods imposed by the beauty industry like plastic surgery?
    .-= polona´s last blog ..pining for summer =-.

    1. Polona — beauty has ever been unreasonable and I fear it ever will be. I am content to be average.

11. Whooooa — round of applause!!
    I bet that’s EXACTLY who invented those things.

    (LOL at ‘call yourself ‘Doctor’ ‘ !!)

    1. Susan — was there ever any doubt?

12. *smirk*
    .-= kcinnova´s last blog ..Stressed for Success =-.

    1. Karen — glad you enjoyed.

13. I have a mental picture of my grnadmother now. Poor woman…
    .-= Jientje´s last blog ..Macro Monday, Skydancers =-.

    1. My grandmother owned one of these and I even wore it once — for about 10 minutes.

14. Well well you got it right gus is the one who sashied into Victorias Secrets Lingeri
    Fredricks of Hollywood see thru dress? good guess you win the grand prize. LOL
    Thanks for dropping by This Blog Of Mine I enjoyed your comment and appreciated the efforts of coming by.
    .-= Larry´s last blog ..Microfiction Monday #11 =-.

    1. Larry — you do realize that it is customary to comment about the blog you visit, right? Just wondering.

15. You hit that one on the head! Who else but an evil guy would invent such a contraption? 🙂
    Thanks for the giggle.

    Here’s wishing you and yours a great 2010!
    .-= hope´s last blog ..Wow! Would you look at that! =-.

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