Starting at an early age with figure training requires less effort, but
age does not appear to pose a limit on waist and ribcage reduction


Several late starting modern tight-lacers have been able to reduce to 17" and smaller, clearly approaching
some physiological limit demonstrated by Polaire, Ethel and present day contemporaries :





19th c Polaire - 13"..14"
 		Lacie - 17 inch
 Dita - 16 inch
 Sylphide - 17 inch

20th c  Ethel - 13 inch Spook  - 14 inch K. Jung - 15 inch under corset
 20 inch Amy Crower
(Wasp Creations)
 Annalai 18" and  tapered  ribcage