#tight-lacing

[clintcatalyst]

Tight-lacing. Autumn Adamme of Dark Garden Corsetry Still from an unreleased 8-mm / VHS collaboration with Nick Bohn, 1995

[poedaughter7]

Adventures in Waist Training and Tight Lacing.

Adventures in Waist Training and Tight Lacing.

  Adventures in waist training and tight lacing, this is where my story starts with my latest corset kick.  I am reading books & blogs on tight-lacing, and how to get small using corsets. It really works! It turns out steel boned tight-lacing corsets and waist training can make you go down many dress sizes. They do not JUST shrink the mid-drift.  They cinch down the top of the stomach causing you…

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[corsetathlete]

Triceps, deltoids, trapezius, latissimus dorsi...  And a corset!

[straitlaceddame]

This week in corset OOTDs (from top left, clockwise)

MCC 33 by Mystic City Corsets beneath a wool Modcloth dress

CS-411 by Orchard Corset with an Express button-up and unbranded slacks

Self-made waist training underbust corset beneath a thrift-store top and Pinup Girl Clothing A-line skirt

Josephine corset by Isabella Corsetry beneath an older dress purchased from Kohl's

[corsetathlete]

Corset + chin-ups: It is possible.  Note that, as a generality, I don't advocate exercising vigorously in a corset, but there are some low intensity body weight movements (i.e. like push-ups, strict pull-ups, air squats) that will not necessarily have a negative effect on you or your corset, if done in low volume as well.  And, of course, walking in a corset is a great thing!  Assuming you aren't pushing yourself to windedness or soaking your corset with perspiration.

Keeping active is wonderful for you, as we all already know, but finding ways to fit it into a lifestyle that features regular corset wear can be a bit trickier.  My preference is to exercise at a level of high intensity for 60 minutes per day, 6 days per week, plus another 30 minutes of mobility training per day - all without a corset.  Lifting heavy weights, pushing my cardiovascular limits, and stretching my warm, tired muscles are all the sorts of activities that I feel I can do better without a steel boned garment.  So I opt to take mine off in advance and re-lace after I've completed my workout and freshened up.  Sore muscles sometimes put up a fight when being compressed by a corset, but I've never found myself prevented from pursuing my waist training goals.

[thecorsetauthority]

Can you imagine acrobatics in a corset?  Neither can I.  Still, there are some incredibly interesting photos out there of turn-of-the-century female circus acts who are clearly laced up (at least for the camera).

Photographed above: Emily Schadel, trapeze artist

- Heidi

[straitlaceddame]

Our week away in the Garden State was a much-appreciated respite from our currently escalating professional duties.  And in that time away from the office I also spent awhile considering the future of this blog.  Careful planning and regulation of time is the only way in which it can be expected to grow or even continue.  The corset community is too profound to stay away from for any amount of time, but the ever-challenging "balancing act" of merely being a part of society can make it difficult to accomplish corset-related goals (producing content, answering questions, progressing in waist training, becoming more skilled in corset making).

So, say it with me: "Plan the Work, Work the Plan!"