Victorian Secrets: What a Corset Taught Me about the Past, the Present, and Myself

✍ Scribed by Chrisman, Sarah A

• Book ID: 107818886
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 7 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781626361751

✦ Synopsis

On Sarah A. Chrisman's twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, she had specifically asked her husband not to buy her a corset—ever. She'd heard how corsets affected the female body and what they represented, and she wanted none of it.However, Chrisman agreed to try on the garment . . . and found it surprisingly enjoyable. The corset, she realized, was a tool of empowerment—not oppression. After a year of wearing a corset on a daily basis, her waist had gone from thirty-two inches to twenty-two inches, she was experiencing fewer migraines, and her posture improved. She had successfully transformed her body, her dress, and her lifestyle into that of a Victorian woman—and everyone was asking about it.

In Victorian Secrets, Chrisman explains...