HOW TO MEASURE A CORSET.
H
Cut "H" shows how to place the tape line on a corset having the bust extension. The tape measure practically follows the contour of the corset from the top of the back wire to the under-arm, straight across the fullest part of the bust to the top of the front clasp. In determining the hip measurement of the extremely long corsets, the corset is measured at two points: First, six and one-half inches below the waist line; second. nine inches below the waist line. In case the measurement is taken nine inches below waist line, tape measure should pass below the groin to the bottom of the soft extension below front clasp. Care must also be taken in this measurement to allow for the "cup" in the hip.
These cuts are from photographs of corsets, the tape lines being adjusted while the corsets were on the figure, the corsets afterwards flattened out. Measuren1ent should follow the same lines when the corset is spread out as when on the figure. Good judgment must be used at all times in measuring different styles of corsets having different shapes around top and bottom. Care must be taken that the corset is stretched out flat. The natural tendency of the corset is to "full" or "gather" just a little, so that if a corset be thrown down and not stretched out flat, the development might show one inch short or thereabouts, when in reality the proper development is given to the corset.
