Polaire by felix Nadar

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  1. That must be the smallest waist I have ever seen, poor woman.

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  2. Hi Lululiz!
    Polaire was a singer and actress, very famous in France but not only for her tiny, corsetted waist, which was sometimes reported to have a circumference no greater than 14 inches (360 mm).
    Her life:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaire_(%C3%89milie_Marie_Bouchaud)

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