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We are headquarters for Nemo Self-Reducing corset tops

The corset forced the wearer’s bones and organs to contort, squeezing blood vessels and causing pain and health problems. Many people, men and women, died from wearing such devices. In 1898, fifty-three year old Bernhard Rank died from wearing corset tops. Rank was a 250-lb specialist in German-speaking dame roles. It was reported his death from apoplexy, a sudden hemorrhage of a blood vessel or organ rupture, was caused by his corsets.

Although his carriage received great assistance and support from a taut-laced corset, while in drag, Eltinge was not immune to the same health problems women suffered from wearing corsets. While appearing at the Majestic Theatre in Chicago in February 1921, Eltinge informed the audience that “Old Ironsides”, the nickname he gave to his corset tops, were hurting him.

The advertisement for sexy corsets, along with other products such as Eltinge’s cold cream, were serious attempts to commercially exploit Eltinge’s popularity. Such beauties as Anna Held and Lillian Russell were always beautiful women, so their secret beauty tips probably would not help the average woman. However, Eltinge could work wonders with his beauty secrets.

One advertisement showing Eltinge as a beautiful bride inquired,” If a Nemo corset will produce this perfection of figure for a fully proportioned man, such as Mr. Julian Eltinge with a waist of thirty-eight inches – an no natural lines of womanly grace – what will it do for your figure, Madame, who have all the graceful womanly lines to assist? We are headquarters for Nemo Self-Reducing corset tops – complete lines of all new models, O’Connor, Moffat & Company.