I want the real deal, and not just for fashion. I want an actuall corset made to make you look thinner. I don't want the kind that makes your cleavage enlarged either!
2006-08-03 15:22:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
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2006-08-03 15:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by creolecuty1979 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real deal, as you put it, will set you back some serious bucks. I had a ladyfriend a while back who wore a corset all of the time, except when she took a bath. When I asked why, one day, she told me a corset enhanced her figure in ways she liked and made her feel like she was being hugged all over. She had several custom made for daily wear and a few from Vollers and Axfords for "dress up" times. She educated me on corsets. A real corset has several things, a metal busk in front with hooks (hooks and eyes like the back closure on a bra are for toys), spiral metal stays (plastic is too flexible) and heavy laces (heavy like boot laces, not ribbon). They come in various styles depending on the shape and such, but the style you are looking for is what my ladyfriend wore most often, an "underbust" style, i.e., no bra cups. The fit is extremely important. Most will be sold by waist size. You buy a size 4" less than your natural waist size and the style is determined more by the shape of your torso. Ideally, you will have someone help you with the lacing, but self-lacing is possible. I watched my ladyfriend do it by hooking the loops in back over a doorknob, leaning forward to apply a bit of tension and then reaching back to pull the individual laces at the top and bottom. The Vollers and Axfords sites have excellent pictures of the various types and kinds. Whatever you do, the real thing is expensive, whether bought off the rack from Vollers or Axfords or custom made by a seamstress or tailor. Once you find the style you want, look for a cheaper source, like Ebay.
2006-08-05 08:21:36 · answer #2 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely, it may compress your fat like the Sauna Belt does. in case you have seen the classified ads on television nevertheless be warned that that's amazingly risky. The SB claims that it is the sweat that makes you thinner yet compressing your fat, as ought to take place from donning a corset for a on a similar time as, is fairly undesirable for you. i do no longer understand why precisely, i'm sorry, yet my brother who does distinctive well being and stuff for education instructed me so when I asked with regard to the SB.
2016-09-28 21:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hottopic sells them and also jcpenny
2006-08-03 15:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by chaos_theory_1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋