Flesh Reallocation Apparatus

where to put the chub

Every era and every person seems to have a preference for where we put our moveable flesh.

I have a genuine love for all the bodies and all the shapes. Having preferences is a professional hazard in costume design.

and! I fully support every person’s and every era’s preference for changing our shapes’ by forcibly relocating our moveable flesh.

like, literal full support for shape shifting in the form of steel bones:

There is a ruler in the center front of that corset. I know, because I saw a variety of corsets like this one in person in a few costume collections at museums.

If you want to try it yourself, all you need is a ruler and a pain tolerance. I have an 18” wooden ruler that says New York City Department of Education. Blessedly, it does not have a metal edge. But! it wounds nonetheless. I am like the vast majority of the human race - I have to move some meat out of the way to get that ruler to sit close-ish to my sternum, and find a posture and some abdominal muscles I don’t ofte…