Body matters

A recent survey found that 98% of  UK woman hate their figures and worry about their bodies every 15 minutes.

THE SOLUTION

Q. How To Reduce Your Waistline Without Sit-ups And Crunches?

A. Wearing a corset. An instant slimming solution! It instantly reduces the size of your waistline while firming and slimming your tummy. They give you (or enhance) the shape you don’t have in seconds. No dieting. Just shove on a corset!

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Waist management

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Getting used to tight-lacing

1. Wear an undershirt (cotton) or corset liner under the corset
2. Moisturize the skin and make sure there are no dry spots. Red skin is a sign of dry skin
3. After putting the corset on, pull the laces snug, not tight and straighten out the shirt or tube underneath. Reach behind you and run your fingers under the eyelet edges and lift the corset away from the skin a bit, while straightening the shirt or tube with the other hand. Settle the corset again, twist and bend and snug up the laces.
4. Hook the laces around a doorknob or hook, walk forward until taut and even out the left and right laces, working any uneveness towards the top. Then tighten by pulling the lace crosses bottom to center, center to top with the excess on top evening the two laces out, and then pull the crosses top to center again.
5. Keep the two sides evenly spaced top to bottom, and avoid a bulging gap at waist.
6. Make several tours or runs when lacing, only take 1/2″ at a time and resettle.
7. Once it gets tighter, pause and relax. Walk around and after 10-15min, undo the laces, relax the laces just a little, resettle and go again. After another two or three tours the corset will be on much tighter than before. Repeat this after another 20min or so. If you plan to tight lace, allow an hour, unless you are already wearing it 23/7, in which case you can probably go a little faster. For a special night out, an hour is a good number if you plan to wear it very tight. It will be much more comfortable.
8. Take your time when getting into your corset! If you don’t have time, start earlier!
9. For figure training, the duration in the corset is much more important than the degree of tightness. In fact if you cannot keep yourself from lacing in to your tolerance limit, then relax it by 1/2″ or so once you are “done”, just so you can enjoy it, rather than feeling you are in a fight with your corset.
10. Don’t eat large meals before or during! No fatty foods, lots of water, fruits and vegetables and fiber. The corset will keep your stomach small and you will not have trouble losing or maintaining weight. In the end you will likely be healthier and more energetic.
11. Exercise daily. Work the back and stomach muscles, but don’t tone the sides as these may “fight” the corset. For an hourglass shape you want your sides to “cave in” as much as possible. For good cardiovascular health, walking is excellent and you do this can while tight-laced if you like. Watch the breathing. If it becomes labored, slow down to match your pace to your breathing capacity
12. Wear your corset as often and as long as possible. Sleeping in the corset allows the body to adapt faster and settle into the corseted shape. Usually the corset is relaxed by one or two inches especially if your daytime reduction is greater than four inches.
13. Proportion is far more important than absolute smallest dimensions: A slender 31-22-32″ Bust/Waist/Hip would be corseted to 31-20-32″, but would be less dramatic than a 38-28-40″ laced to 38-22-40″.

Things Not to Do

1. If tightlacing or long term wear is intended, don’t wear the corset directly on the skin
2. When a spot continues to itch, don’t “sit it through”, but take it off and oil the skin
3. After putting the corset on, don’t just start pulling the laces at the waist, it may damage the corset (tear out eyelets) and it may bulge and pinch the skin in back
4. When putting the laces around the doorknob, do not “run away” or let your full weight pull the laces! This will damage the corset and it will not be comfortable! If it only took 5 minutes to take in five or six inches, you probably went too fast!
5. Don’t pinch the top and bottom and allow a bulge at the waist! This will curve the stays in back and spoil the corset line. It should be hollow in the back. In general the back should curve more inward than the front, but usually less so than the sides.If the top and bottom close and you can’t get the waist to close no matter what, the corset waist size is too small, and you’ll have to train down your waist first and leave some gap at the top and bottom.
6. Don’t pull it in all at once and tie it off. It’s not going to be anywhere near as tight as it can be and it may wear out the corset faster due to uneven pressure.
7. Don’t lace to the point of discomfort and then stop, slow down when you feel it is getting close and enjoy it. If you are in a hurry, aim for less reduction. Even if you have been able to lace down to a certain size, don’t assume that you can always lace down to that size, unless you have been consistently wearing the corset. After a few days off, you have to re-train some to regain the lost ground, before getting down to your smallest size again.
8. If it does not go down to size, don’t force it, choose different clothing, something that’s less dependent on the corseted size.
9. Don’t think that by over tightening you can speed up the training. You may in stead get your body to put up a revolt and produce aches and pains. A corset can and will improve your shape in a healthy manner, but only if sufficient time is allowed for.
10. Don’t eat a big meal and then start tightlacing. No fatty foods, avoid carbonated drinks, mint, tea, coffee, spicy foods may irritate the spincter, and cause acid reflux
11. Don’t do heavy exercise while tight-laced. Moderate it if you plan to work out while tight-laced. When very tight, your breathing capacity may be reduced, and you need to allow for more frequent but shallower breaths. Walking, hiking, muscle training are not an issue, but running is probably not a good idea. If you plan to do so, just leave the corset off.
12. Don’t tight lace just for a few hours a day. If you only plan to occasionally wear it, moderate the reduction, probably two or three inches, four inches max.
13. The smallest waist does not necessarily give the best figure. Shape and proportion are the most important.

Tight Lacing for beginners (and its benefits)

There are several reasons to buy corsets – they look and feel great, they give excellent support to the larger breasted women among us with back problems and they give that feminine shape to transgender and cross-dressing men with a minimum of fuss. Many people feel more confident, sexier, more feminine, and most often incredibly sensual when wearing a corset.

The most indicated models for beginners are the Underbust and the Waist Cincher, being more comfortable and allowing a better movement.

Fasten tightly around your waist, instantly reducing the size of your waist, midriff and tummy, they produce such dramatic results and can really transform your figure. It starts around your hip bone and reaches up and over your waist, ending at just below your bust. This means that it sucks in all of those problem areas around your middle including your muffin top (waistband overhang), love handles and back boobs!

Due to the strength of the fabric and the boning, custom made underbust corsets are also very supportive and will therefore also help with correcting your posture and lower back pain (consult your GP though!). This also makes it great for post natal and post surgery recovery but we do advise that you consult your own GP before wearing one. Try our underbust corsets today and see the amazing difference it can make to your figure!

Tight lacing Key Features:

* Instantly reduces your waistline!
* Accentuates your waist giving you a more hourglass figure.
* Completely eliminate your muffin top and love handles.
* Slims & firms belly bulge, haunches and lower back.
* Really helps to really improve your posture.
* Can help with weight loss due to high compression.
* Promotes post natal and post surgery recovery (consult GP).
* Can help to improve lower back pain (consult GP).

Please Note: There are people who cannot practice this training, like diabetics, people with respiratory insufficiency, cronic back problems and high blood pressure etc. However, if you are healthy and have good sense to carry out a progressive and cautious training, no other method is as effective for reduction of the waist as the Tight Lacing.

Tight Lacing Concept

Tight lacing is the name given to the practice of using the corset for long periods of time, intending to alter the silhouette by reducing the waist. The Corset used for this is an evolution of the corsets that our great-grandparents used, which has nothing to do with what today we call a corset, available in lingerie stores and sex-shops.

The Corsets are built from resistant tissues, in several layers and reinforced in strategic areas, tied in the back, and with rigid fins, usually made of steel or aluminum.

It is a known fact since the Middle Ages that the constant pressure of the Corset on the waist and lower ribs for 16 to 24 hours daily bends gradually the floating ribs, and with time the alteration becomes definite. However, besides the fact that Tight Lacing demands discipline and willpower, it must be practiced with criterion, since the reduction of the waist is a historically proved fact, it is also incontestable that the exaggerated use or little criterion can cause several problems of health.

For effective reduction of the waist, modification of the internal organs location and accommodation of the ribs, the corset must be quite reinforced, having fins made of steel and eyelets really close to each other.

Beware of the choice of a second-hand piece: obviously the corset for Tight Lacing must be custom-made; it must not be very high in the superior part so it doesn’t become a nuisance while sitting; in the inferior part it must not be very short, because it takes the risk of causing deposit of the abdominal fat in the part free of pressure, creating an undesirable belly; one must avoid waterproof materials or materials that make the breathing of the skin difficult; finally, it must have an inferior diameter of 3,94 in to his waist when shut.

The most indicated models for continuous use are the Victorian Underbust and the Waist Cincher, being more comfortable and allowing a better movement.

You must be asking yourself about the practical effects of the Tight Lacing. There are some sites in the Internet with prognoses on reduction – of course it is necessary to be careful with those data, because when we talk about the human body, any prognosis is an exercise on fortune-telling. Only for illustrating purposes I transcribe one of those prognoses:

“A Corset can reduce the waist approximately 2 % each week, until you reach a reduction of 75 % of the original waist after about 3 months of use.”

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The first goal of the Tight Lacer is to ‘close’ your corset, that is, starting from a piece with a diameter 3,94 inches thinner than her waist, she reaches the first stage when the corset manages to be completely closed. She must use it, then, during one more period until a sensation of comfort appears with the use, seeming to be loose, even tied to the utmost.

When that happens, it is time to change your corset for a smaller model. The new corset must again be 10 cm below your waist, and you can use the previous corset to sleep, saving the new piece. Repeating this process sometimes, you will find the waist of your dreams. However, it is necessary to be careful of not exaggerating, since some Tight Lacers tend to create an exaggerated waist, which not only isn’t healthy, but also turns them permanently dependent on the use of the corset.

There are people who cannot practice this training, like diabetics, people with respiratory insufficiency or back problems, etc. However, if you are healthy and have good sense to carry out a progressive and cautious training, no other method is as effective for reduction of the waist as the Tight Lacing.

by V. Ramos

Tightlacing returns in the 20th & 21st century

Corsets and Tightlacing have made a recent comeback since the 1990’s. Individuals of all ages have rediscovered the elegance and the self confidence that corsets bring, replacing old stigma’s of suppression and martyrdom. And as the wearer can use it to control, rather than being controlled, it is also becoming ironically a feminist item.

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But what is Tightlacing?

In short, Tightlacing is the act of wearing a laced corset, 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week. Over time, the body will adapt to the shape, and become curvaceous.

True waist training requires at least 12 hours a day in a properly tailored corset made for tightlacing. Yes, it will reform your body, but like a diet it is only as permanent as long as you stick with it. These 12 hours must be when you are most active. Also, in order for your body to adapt properly to the corset’s shape, you must eat, drink, and do your daily routine while comfortably laced.

Tightlacing is not for those that are looking for a miracle cure (body wraps, electric pulse devices, unorthodox diets) for an unshapely body. Tightlacing will only work for you if you enjoy the feel of the hug of a properly tailored corset around your body. Yes it takes perseverance, but anything in life that is worthwhile is the same way.

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