“ If
the client's hip development is too small to permit her to wear a
standard corset, a "special" corset will be required.
16. Compare the client's center bust measurement with the
height of the corset you are considering. Her measurements above
waist show you the extreme height of the corset you can use. A
corset lower above waist than her measurements show will adapt
to your client.
17. Compare the client's measurements below waist with the
length of the corset you are considering. Her measurements be-
low waist show you the extreme length of the corset you can use. ”

“ To do this use a standard corset with a smaller hip development
than that of the client. Increasing her waist size and leaving her
hip measurement the same, results in decreasing her hip develop-
ment. The quantity of soft, movable flesh below waist determines
the amount of increase in waist size successfully accomplished by
one corseting. When the hip flesh is so hard that it cannot be
re-distributed toward the waist line, or so very scant that there is
none to move, the waist size cannot be increased more than two
inches over normal by one corseting. ”

“ Your selection of the corset must be made from those de-
signed for your client's type. The selection must be governed by
your client's needs. These must be considered in connection with
the adaptability of the standard pattern and a comparison of her
measurements with those in the series.
22.
Standard patterns are designed for normal types; therefore,
their measurements and proportions will give more pleasing lines
to the figure, will adapt to the correction of variations and bring
them back to normal:
23. ”