How did women suffer by wearing tight dresses and corsets?

(i) Women’s magazines described how tight dresses and corsets caused deformities and illness among young girls.
(ii) Such clothing restricted body growth and hampered blood circulation.
(iii) Muscles remained underdeveloped and the spines got bent.
(iv) Doctors reported that many women were regularly complaining of acute weakness and fainted frequently.
Corsets then became necessary to hold up the wakened spine.