I Wore a (Medical) Corset for 5 Years. How do Victorian Corsets Compare?

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References:
The two-part video series on making the Victorian reproduction corset can be found here-
Pattern testing:    • Видео  
Sewing process:    • Making a Victorian Corset || 1890s Sy...  

Abby Cox's experience wearing 18th c dress (including her experience in stays):    • I Wore 18th-Century Clothing *Every D...  

'Every Woman's Encyclopaedia' c. 1910 for an Edwardian exercise routine: https://archive.org/details/everywoma...
(Images of exercise instruction taken from this source.)

[1] Studies on the resiliency of internal organ composition and permanent alteration only being found in those corsetted from young ages is referenced in Steele, Valerie. “The Corset: A Cultural History”, 2003, Chapter 3.

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