16 inch waist

[TheKitschGoth]

I'm a little confused.

I think Dita is beautiful, yes, but 16 inches makes my own tummy hurt. But I'm curious as to why she would go through the trouble of fitting into a 16" waisted corset when she takes it off during her performance anyway? Does it make a difference?

Because of how it looks? [huh] I also assume the corset isn't just worn for the performance, I think she wears one most of the time.

Just a point, everyone's shocked by the 16" waist, but forgetting how small her waist is for a start. So it's not that much of a difference, maybe on someone bigger 16" would be a big deal, but at her size?

 

[Elaina]

Technically the 5" reduction isn't considered "real" tightlacing. It is, don't get me wrong (definition is 4" is tightlacing) but when you comapre to some of the women out there that routinely go down 10" or so...she's kind of mainstream fetish with it.

 

[mysterygal]

Like it has been said before, Dita is a very petite lady. What helps with eating protein and veggies is your cutting out the carbs, which tends to bloat a lot of women out. I assume that while performing, this would not be a good thing!
Also from my own experience, it's actually great to 'suck in' your stomach (especially when walking). This gives great exercise to your adominals and helps to keep them looking trim. Also, if you look at how teenagers dance, the do a lot of hip swaying, which as you get older, normally we tend to do less and less of this. Most dance workout's do a lot for ab toning and I find are actually more fun than the conventional tapes (I absolutley hate doing sit ups!).
I don't wear a corsette a lot, but the times I did, it did make me have more concentration on my posture and keeping my adominals tucked in.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

That is indeed small, but isn't she rather petite anyway?

You and Mysterygal are both right about Heather (Dita) being petite. I've dealt with her in person, and here's what I've seen: she is short (well, petite) and small-framed, with narrow shoulders, small bones, and narrow wrists and ankles. A narrow waist suits the rest of her figure. We're not talking Lilly Langtry here. Heather does not look like a wasp.

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[Clara Noir]

Marc; very well said.

It's also very easy to forget how these things vary from person to person. I have what people believe is a tiny waist (27"). It's a fairly normal size, but apart from having good posture I have very large hips (41") The ratio of these makes a fabulous illusion. Dita is a fabulous, surgically enhanced, hourglass.

I forget who mentioned toilet breaks but I must concur that it's easier to hide a rumbling belly than it is to mask an I-need-the-loo dance. Especially if you're a dancer...

 

[Dapper Dan]

"We're not talking Lily Langtry here."

I'll shoot the first man to speak ill of Miss Langtry.

 

[GOK]

Once again Elaina is the voice of reason (one of them in this thread anyway). It must also be remembered that when tightlacing did occur it was by a minority of very wealthy women who had nothing to do all day other than look pretty. No woman that worked could have achieved extreme tightlacing. One should also bear in mind that contemporary photographic records were tampered with too. Yes, there was Victorian and Edwardian Photoshopping occurring!

Reatpleat - WTF? If you must be disparaging about a person, please keep such thoughts to yourself. It does not behove a gentleman to refer to a lady as a ho. Quite apart from the fact that you (I assume) do not know her intimately to be able to make such an assumption, I don't think she or anyone else deserves such public belittlement. How would you feel if someone made that remark about your mother, sister, wife, daughter? Being in the public eye does not automatically mean a person is not entitled to respect IMO.

 

[Miss Sis]

It's also very easy to forget how these things vary from person to person. I have what people believe is a tiny waist (27"). It's a fairly normal size, but apart from having good posture I have very large hips (41")

Exactly! If you are already petite then it isn't going to be so dramatic. I'm 5' 9" and have a natural 27" waist. People tell me that's small but it isn't in relation to the rest of my frame which is quite slim and my hips are 38". I have a naturally very slim friend who is exactly the same height as me but everyone thinks she is on some mad diet! Poor girl, she gets sick of people asking if she is ill or something. Then I have another friend who is 4' 11". She is the perfect size and shape for all those little Victorian bodices that are too small for most people these days. And that is without a corset.

Dita doesn't look outlandishly slim with the 16" waist. It suits her small frame.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Quite apart from the fact that you (I assume) do not know her intimately to be able to make [the] assumption [that she's a "ho"], I don't think she or anyone else deserves such public belittlement.

Right on, GOK! Here's how Dita is in public: she doesn't drink like a fish, she doesn't holler out and wave to her friends, she doesn't wear revealing clothing or flash her bits (when not onstage), she doesn't use profanity, and she acknowledges people graciously and with a smile. Doesn't seem very Paris/Britney, eh? [huh]

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[Miss Neecerie]

Once again....this all boils down to and rolls back to having a decent amount of respect for other people and the choices they make.

And having the common decency to refrain from imposing one's own ideals on others and rudely deciding that people who don't beleive as you do, or are not 'exactly like us' are all substandard humans in some way.

And if one cannot manage to stop 'thinking' those sorts of thoughts about others, one should at least have the good sense to not voice them out loud.

 

[GOK]

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap @ Denise & Marc! I couldn't agree more.