Show Corsets for Men I Now for another fad The idea of men wearing corsets is not a new one I The German army officers wear them as a I matter of course English officers of I crack regiments which sport a tiehtfitt I ing uniform wear either corsets or have i their coats whaleboned to fit snugly I am not however alluding to these pardonable par-donable instances where it is hardly possible pos-sible to avoid some such aid to imposing grand tenu but to the fact that corset wearing among fashionable young men and some naughty wicked old ones is not only becoming daily more popular but that a wellknown Bond street house is making a fortune by its artificial attenuation atten-uation of figures whose owners disdain the robust and wellfed appearance of welldined Britons A mans corset a la mode Is better described as a corslet it is much longer in proportion than that affected af-fected by femininity and fits well down to the hipe and under the shoulders With the present mode of wearing the frock coat open there is not so much chance to display the skill of the corsetier to advantage but the fin de siecle 1 I Johnny likes to display a taper waist enswathed in a well fitting waistcoat The advantage is much more marked in evening dress where the camel band has almost entirely superseded waistcoats the former havinga tendency to assume a patriarchal aspect when stretched over a capacious abdomen The late Duke of Clarence was noted for the tight lacing he indulged in Lacing is said to have a beneficial effect upon men who are inclined in-clined to undue excesses at table as after the manner of the tightened belt of the western gentleman down on his luck it puts a certain check to capacity Clothier and Furnisher |