The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 218
en wore, first, ashort undergarment, thena close band called strophi-on, which corresponded tothe modern corset, and wasused to check excessive de-velopment of the breasts orto hold them up. Overthis was worn the chiton,a fitted garment, reachingto the feet and bound witha girdle about the hips.… … The Strophion. igo TJic JEsthctics of Dress.
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