Effect of posture on body outline

The model is dressed in exactly the same way in each case

I have already illustrated how my various girdles make only a small difference to the shape of my body, apart from converting my buttocks from the natural pair to the once fashionable ‘mono-buttock’. Looking at this pair of silhouettes, you might be tempted to suspect that the model (myself) is wearing nothing for the red silhouette, but has donned an extremely effective girdle for the green silhouette. But you would be wrong; I was wearing my Triumph ‘Ideal’ corselette for both photos (which were taken a few seconds apart), and the only difference is that in the first photo I was standing naturally, while in the second I have pulled in my tummy, inflated my chest and stood as straight as I could.

Apart from outright cheating, this impressive difference is the basis of virtually all the ‘before and after’ pairs of photographs which have appeared from time to time in corsetry advertisements.

The fact that your own muscles can produce a far greater improvement in your body outline than any elastic foundation garment, suggests that a little bio-stimulation could work wonders.

Probably even the loop of string tied around your waist and adjusted so that it is just loose when you pull your tummy in, which is periodically recommended as an aid to dieters, would be moderately effective, as it would be quite uncomfortable if you relaxed your muscles and let it bite into your stomach.

Another low-tech, but perhaps somewhat brutal, device would be a drawing pin embedded in a somewhat thicker strip of sponge rubber, and attached to the inside of a belt, so that if you pressed too hard on the belt you would compress the rubber, so that the pin stuck into you.

A higher-tech device could consist of a battery-operated induction coil, attached to a belt, and containing logic circuits to detect the amount of strain in the belt, and deliver a progressively increasing shock when you allowed your stomach to press too hard on the belt. It should also have a sensor to determine when you are sitting down, and disable the shocking device, so that your stomach muscles could relax when you were seated.

Any would be inventors looking for a project?

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