Cathie Jung, The Queen, CB 35 March 2003.

Although for your enjoyment, it is always with pleasure that we reserve some space in the Corset Letter for the Queen of Corsets, Cathie Jung. As you may know, The Netherlands has a Queen, and this Queen and the Queen of Corsets have a couple of things in common. For one thing, they are of the same age and in spite of them being entitled to a retirement pension, both of them just don’t want to stop.

Photo: the Queen of Corsets: Cathie Jung

Unfortunately, where wearing corsets is concerned, there is no comparison between the two Queens. From old photographs, it is known that the grandmother of the current Dutch Queen, Queen Wilhelmina, only wore a corset at her wedding. Her mother however, Queen Emma, wore her corset daily. Queen Wilhelmina didn’t particularly like her corsets. Her maids of honour however, kept strictly to the dress regulations and of course wore their corsets.

The upper photograph and the photograph below, show Cathie in a very beautiful leather corset.

Quite frequently, Cathie is asked for interviews and (television) shows. She’s not only well known in America, but she can also be admired in television shows broadcasted around the world. Only recently, a camera crew from England came over to Connecticut for an interview.

She has also been on a TV show in Japan, which was a great success. There is a renewed interest from Japan now, and likely, this will result in new TV shows.

Photo: Cathie at the bar of the Raffles Hotel, in Singapore

On these trips, Cathie and Bob never fail to take the opportunity and extensively visit the country. Usually, they combine these travels with visits to other countries as well. For instance, they visited Singapore and Bali on one of their previous trips. The photographs above give a nice impression of their stay there.