Stella Tennant on Vogue Italia as Ethel Granger | Body Image Research Update
/Stella Tennant fronts the cover of Vogue Italia’s September 2011 issue, lensed by Steven Meisel.
The truly beautiful, high fashion image is inspired by Ethel Granger (1905-1982) who tightened herself into corsets to please her husband.
Ethel is described as a revolutionary women, who enjoyed indulging her husband’s tastes, including piercings along with her record-smashing 33 centimeters of waist.
Is it coincidence that 60 years later in our women’s rights world, Ethel’s record-setting waist measurement still stands?
Artist Rebecca Massey
Change is necessary to evolve, even though it’s frightening ~ Rebecca Massey (website)
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