News - January 2002

New photos of Sylpide
Sylphide has updated her site with photos of her in new leather corset. Sylphide has a very beautiful ice cone shaped figure, with a small waist that isn't too small.
(30 January)

Behind the "barred windows":...
Behind the "barred windows": The Imprisonment of Women's Bodies and Minds in Nineteenth-Century America is a scholar paper about female bodies and the women's self image. Like most other scholar papers, it has a very negative attitude against corsets.
(21 January)

Cinch Me Up, Scotty!
Take a deep breath. The torture chamber of ladies' underwear is making a comeback is the subtitle of Cinch Me Up, Scotty! in Daily Fashion Buzz. The article makes a quick run through of fashion history and corsets.
(20 January)

Cinch up a hot top
Detroit News Online had an article on 24. August 2001 - Cinch up a hot top. The article is about corsets as outerwear and also discuss how women feel about wearing one: Once a woman tries one on, she's hooked. It pushes you up, makes your waist look tiny and your back look small.
(19 January)

The Corset Resource
The Corset Resource is a Directory of online resources about corsets with links to various corset related sites.  The site has a more neutral view on corsets and their use through history.
(12 January)

The Price of Perfection
The Price of Perfection is by Robin Marantz Henig and appeared in Civilization magazine in April 1996. The author has a very negative opinion on corsets and describes the corset as a portable torture chamber and that it was obvious to many observers that corsets were foolhardy and potentially dangerous. The author doesn't realize that women maybe like the look and figure the corset produce, or enjoy how the corset feels.
(12 January)

The Body Gallery
The Body Gallery is about body image for men and mostly women. This is not a corset site, and the author has a very negative view on corsets, but the opinions are interesting to read.
(12 January)

The Age article
The fashion section of the Australian The Age had a corset related article on 10 September 2001 with the title Perfectly Bound. The article mention that corsets makes the wearer feel lovely and relaxed and that the corset feels as being held in a constant hug. The article continues with: The 21-year-old AJ Jones, a cyber-Goth-cum-fetishist, aspires to further minimizing her 20-inch waist to a minuscule 17 inches.
(11 January)

NYPost article include corsetry
Going to extremes on NYPost talks about the traditionally suffering of women in the name of beauty and fashion.
(11 January)

Corsets on New Zealand TV
According to Sorry, but I won't have a bra of it on the New Zealand site STUFF, a documentary on the history of undergarments are to be aired on NZ television. A modern woman is described this way: A tousle-haired brunette pulled up at the corsetmaker's house in a purple sports car and we watched as he fitted her into a torture garment. The corset wearer herself admitted she was disappointed that her husband remained unmoved erotically by her tiny waist, worried about the state of his wife's innards and did not seem to appreciate her gut-sucking efforts.
(10 January)

Removed spook video again.
Transfer rose swiftly when it was put back online and the level was about 20 Downloads/hour and rising, when the video was removed. That level would have meant 12 GBytes/day. A normal business hosting has 5 GBytes per MONTH. Those 12 GBytes/day would mean 350+ Gbytes/month, and that cost at least US$400/month and up.
And still no comments from surfers! Feel free to contact me.
(10 January)

Staylace chat link updated
Staylace is using a new chat system
(10 January)

Wasp Creations website redesigned
Amy Crowder has redesigned the website for Wasp Creations. The site has become much easier to navigate and read. The additions include a live web camera from her studio, an improved measurement guides, a price list and a FAQ section.
(9 January)