Styles
When picking your corset design it is important to consider your purpose along with your shape. It is not safe to choose a fashion corset, corselette or waspie for tight-lacing because it offers little waist compression and can damage the garment. Knowing what style best fits your needs will prolong the life of your corset and provide the most enjoyable wearing experience.
Wear – The construction and materials for an occasional-use corset are drastically different from a daily-wear item. How often will you be wearing your corset? Once a month? Weekly? Daily?
Bust Support –How much do you want to alter the line of your cleavage? How much cleavage do you have? An underbust corset doesn’t offer much support for ample cleavage, but they will compress and smooth the ribcage to visually enhance a smaller bust. Some corsets push the bust up and can make abundant cleavage appear to be starting at the neck. Keep in mind where you want your cleavage to start and stop and how you want it shaped.
Waist Reduction – How much do you want your waist compressed. A corselette/waspie will likely not compress at all, while an authentic corset will take off a few inches. Three to six inches or more is generally tight-lacing, an extreme form of corsetry that requires extra-sturdy materials and construction, and, most importantly, practice to get the body used to the extreme pressures and reshaping. Every body will vary in it’s ability to compress. Compression varies depending on muscle mass, malnourished tissue, hormones, fat, bone structure, and numerous other things. Waisted Couture Fashion Fit corsets are made to withstand the way a Tight Lacing corset will but with less waist reduction, great for very fit figures or just for a comfortable fashion event.
Midsection Shaping – How much control do you want in your midsection. If you do not need or want much a standard hip line will be best. While a longline can give more support in the lower midsection it also restricts some movement such as sitting as the hips and the center are so long. A good middle ground is the midi-longline which provides a good amount of support while providing a bit more ease in sitting. Which do you want to reshape, and which do you want to leave alone? Do you want to accentuate the waist or just narrow the torso? Our Fashion Fit corsets will bring the waist in less but smooth and slim the torso.
Usage – Why are you wearing your corset? Smoothing or reshaping? Tight-lacing or weight loss? Effect for a costume or party? Think of where and when you will wear your corset, and how long.
As you can see, there are a lot of factors to consider before choosing a style. Determining these factors in advance will help, especially when you’re first starting. Knowing what you want your end result to be will help immensely as you browse for a corset. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email, we would love to help! Help@WaistedCouture.com
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