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Vancouver corsetier Melanie Tarkington has a world-class passion for wearable art
Waspy, snatched, hourglass: however she calls it, Melanie Talkington puts her lifetime in corsetry down to the late Dolly Parton’s tiny waist. Just one glimpse of the legendary singer in the early ‘80s’ film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and she became obsessed. “Dolly had this amazing figure, but most women were not shaped […]
- Waspy, snatched, hourglass: however she calls it, Melanie Talkington puts her lifetime in corsetry down to the late Dolly Parton’s tiny waist. Just one glimpse of the legendary singer in the early ‘80s’ film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and she became obsessed. “Dolly ...
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- Vancouver corsetier Melanie Tarkington has a world-class passion for wearable art
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