ly due to social change. More practical attire evolved from the more "liberated lifesyle" women began to live. Petticoats and corsets disappeared, making way for elastic girdles. A "boyish silhouette" was the figure that sylish women strove for (Tierney 12). Some young women would tie rags around their breasts to try and flatten them (Todd int. 4:20PM). I could not understand why a woman would try to stunt her growth for the sake of fashion. It seems like the way Chinese mothers used to wrap rags around their daughters feet to prevent them growing because small feet were a mark of beauty in a young woman....
