Deranged Ramblings

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In the late 19th century, the "Grecian bend" was a fashionable manner in which upper and middle class women held themselves whilst walking. It meant bending forward from the hips rather than the waist and keeping the back straight.

It was generated by the use of tight, boned corsets and emphasised by the introduction of the bustle.

The term was also given to those who suffered from the bends or decompression sickness due to working in caissons during the building of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Such victims walked with a similar leaning posture to that of the "Grecian Bend".