Authentic steel-boned corsets (2024)

FAQs

Is a steel boned corset better? ›

When you tighten the laces on a corset, expecting them to minimize your waistline and emphasize your curves, you need the power of steel to keep everything in place. Flimsy, plastic boning will warp or snap under the pressure, ruining your garment and causing you some discomfort, to say the least.

Once you've worked up to it and have a fully seasoned corset, you'll want to wear your waist training corset around 8 to 12 hours a day and regularly to see the best results.

After about a month of wearing the corset 9+ hours a day I started to see a change in my shape. After 6 months I noticed a decrease in my belly fat and an increase in my hourglass shape out of the corset. At 12 months I have a nicely pronounced hourglass waist out of the corset.

“When you just put something around your waist to cinch it in, fat is being distorted inside that fat cell, but the fat cell isn't breaking down,” she said. “It's not shifting to another place. It's just being squished.”

Authentic corsets will feature steel boning, in order to achieve a 2-4 inch reduction on your natural waistline. Steel boning will not break, snap or distort in authentic and high quality corsets, ensuring that they can be worn comfortably and will deliver the desired results time and time again.

If you wear your corset so often that you're laced up more often than not and you don't exercise, your core muscles will become “lazy” as they are being supported externally by your corset. We recommend pairing waist training with a healthy diet and exercise for the most healthy and noticeable results.

Corsets offer great shaping benefits, not only creating a super desirable hourglass figure, but also shaping and smoothing the tummy, boosting the bust and slimming the hips. Most commonly worn as shapewear, corsets can boost your confidence and help you feel great in that dress you've been waiting to wear.

Compressing the abdominal organs could cause poor digestion and over time the back muscles could atrophy. In fact, long term tight lacing led to the rib cage becoming deformed. The Hunterian Museum has an example of a rib cage showing damage caused by tight lacing.

Corset Wearing. Wearing a corset only changes your body shape for the few hours you have it on. Making a semi-permanent change requires more than donning a corset once or twice a month. Waist training, which is wearing a specific type of corset on a specific long-term schedule, can help you make longer-lasting changes.

Generally speaking, if someone wears their corset every day for 8-12 hours and laces it in correctly each time, they may begin to notice a difference within 6 weeks of daily wear. However, some individuals have reported visible changes much earlier than this.

Do waist training corsets actually work? ›

Some people may indeed experience weight loss after wearing a waist trainer, Ayim noted — but any pounds dropped are likely to be water weight. The garments are heavy and don't breathe well, so while wearing one, you're likely to sweat more, and weight lost this way will quickly return.

While waist training does not cause weight loss and it can't target belly fat, many people find that they don't overeat at meal time while they are comfortably laced in. If you struggle with eating sensible portions, you might like the feeling of being corseted while eating!

Tight corsetry can also exacerbate lung conditions such as pneumonia, dangerously restrict digestion, cause constipation and can also worsen any existing issues within a woman's reproductive system.

You can expect to loose the first 2-3 inches immediately just from putting on a waist training corset (this won't be permanent when removing your corset for many months).

Spiral steel boning is used in corsets and shapewear because it bends in all directions and springs back into shape.

Steel supports the body in a way that plastic bones can't. Plastic weakens when bent and eventually snaps after extended wear, it is completely useless for corset training and a little dangerous in my opinion.

Underbust corsets are generally easier to fit, wear and break-in than an overbust corset. They're also great for waist training, stealthing (hiding under your clothes) and everyday wear. Overbust corsets are fabulous statement pieces that are ideal to wear out on the town or for a special event.