Patricia was 40 and she stood in front of her long mirror. She was a size 16, had two children, was not too careful about her family's lifestyle, did not exercise and her tummy hung down. She took hold of handfuls of her own flesh and skin and pulled it about, with disgust. For the first time in her adult life, she began to think again about controlling her...
Hi. This is my story. My name is Suzanne and I'm 37 years old. I live in Manchester in northern England. My first husband was a steady man but unexciting and once I left him for a fling with a more exciting man. But it didn't last and I went back to the marriage. Our marriage was our parents' idea and we were married at 20. He just wasn't an imaginative love...
Suzanne Interviewed in Manchester 18 November 2006, Interviewer: Hi, thanks for meeting me. I've got about an hour. I'm doing interviews with women who use their fashions to improve their love lives. That could mean sex-lives, you know? Is that OK? Some women talk about shorts, and others talk about stockings. Some have told me about Spanx. Others abou...
Jacqueline in Leicester; 18 November 2016, Interviewer Hi, thanks for meeting me. How did you first find out about our figure training project? Jackie I found your questionnaire a few days ago and the speakers at the Leeds conference encouraged me. I felt straight away that I should send my story. I never would have thought to do such a thing but I hope...
Seeing that one of the science fiction tv series uses a Holodeck to create any scenery or time period I thought I'd use it to go back to 1967 but use today's digital camera technology to capture what was missed (for instance all the stockings on display due to the nature of the fashion with everyday women). So I programmed the Holodeck to take place at a da...
[This is the fictional account of life in corsets by a woman who found out about my special interest in corsetry and figure control. It is based on a the memory of an evening spent with a senior colleague, earlier in my career, when I could not help but notice that his wife was tightly laced. I have wondered ever since how it affected their marriage and thei...
It is 5.45 on a November evening; she's undressed and robed herself in a silk dressing gown. Her feet are compressed into her highest stiletto heels; 5 inches, which make her size 4 feet almost vertical behind her toes. She sits on the cushioned wicker chair in their bedroom and waits. He will be here in a few minutes and she will make him dress her as she w...
[Although based on an actual survey carried out in the 1990s by a friend of the author's, this account is brought up to date and fictionalised a little for our special interest and benefit.] * Suzanne Interviewed in Manchester 18 November 2006, Interviewer: Hi, thanks for meeting me. How did you first find out about our project? Suzanne: I found you...
Air Hostess Car Breakdown I am an air hostess for a well known airline flying from Heathrow. If I say so myself I am very attractive, especially in my uniform. Whether the airline would admit it or not, the uniforms were designed to be sexy, with a tight tailored skirt and jacket with a white blouse underneath. I've been working as an air hostess for nine y...
[This personal account comes from a woman friend; the wife of a long-time colleague. They know of my interest in foundationwear and figure training. Their names have been removed or changed; but the location is true. I've presented it here as if she were writing it, based on conversations we've had. She's approved it for submission.] OK. I live near Sevenoa...