Talk:Pipe-stem waist

Incorrect redirect?
I was under the impression that the pipe-stem waist is a corsetry element entirely separate from the style known as the hourglass corset. If this is so, this article should not redirect to the hourglass corset article.

Katherine Shaw 12:47, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes/no, If you know any corset than the modern hourglass corset which have Pipe-stem waist, yes. If not: No. Because it is a features by the hourglass corset.Haabet 20:22, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * C&S Constructions have a style called the 'stem waisted corset' (which has a pipe-stem waist) which they differentiate from their hourglass corset (see, select 'Styles' from the menu on the left); the same distinction between an hourglass style and a pipe-stem style is made at . It seems that a corset with a pipe-stem waist is considered different to a corset with an hourglass silhouette - which makes sense when you think about it, pipe-stems and hourglasses being different shapes!


 * I don't know whether you've seen my suggestion on the Talk: Corset page for a new article that deals with different styles of corset; maybe the pipe-stem waist would be most appropriate there?


 * Katherine Shaw 10:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The Pipe-stem/stem waisted corset start as a hourglass corset by a wasp-waist as 1½ inches(4cm) and then increasing by ½ to 1 inch(1.25 to 2.5cm) per year. C and S constructions have only one Photo of stem waisted corset. encyclopervia have wikipedia and staylace as source. But is important as distinguish the hourglass corset of today and hourglass corset of vitoica era Haabet 18:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Is there any evidence for this? I think we're about to have the same debate here that we've been having at Talk:Hourglass corset (Fakir Musafar).


 * Katherine Shaw 09:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)