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 HOW TO MEASURE A CORSET.

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There is one right way and many wrong ways to measure a corset. A corset measured incorrectly may show a greater or less hip or bust develop­ment than when measured correctly. Instructions for measuring a figure for a corset are perfectly clear.

A corset then should be measured so that the line of measurement will come on the corset where the measurement would come on the figure. Cuts "G" and "H" show how to measure correctly dif­ferent styles of corsets. These cuts show the measurements taken on a trimmed corset spread out flat, both around the top and 6½ inches below waist line. The method of taking measurements herein shown will apply to all of the corsets in the Catalog. Cut "G" shows how to measure corsets practi­cally straight around the top—all corsets except those carrying bust extension or girdle tops. When the top of the corset is about even with the center bust, the tape line should fall around the edge of the corset from the top of the back wire to the point directly opposite the front clasp. The hip measurement on the shorter corset shown in Cut "G" should be taken exactly six and one-half inches below the waist line, the tape line ex­tending from the back stay to the front clasp, in­clusive, covering a line six and one-half inches below the waist. In measuring the hip of a corset off the figure, care must be taken to allow for the "cup" in the hip.