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Tightlacing

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Tightlacing is the practice of corsetry taken to an extreme, the goal being to achieve a very narrow corseted waist. Reduction to 15 in (380 mm) or below is very rarely achieved.

To achieve such a narrow corseted waist requires the wearing of a corset practically full-time, and the individual's body will in general be permanently altered by the practice, though this may not involve any ill effects to health.

See also: body modification

List of well-known Tightlacers:

Table of contents
1 Wasp waist
2 Corset training
3 External link

Wasp waist

Wasp waist (1885)Enlarge

Wasp waist (1885)

Wasp waist by hip form girdle (1901)Enlarge

Wasp waist by hip form girdle (1901)

Wasp waist is a special tight zone in a corset. Not all corsets do have wasp waist. And many wasp waist by the old photographs are only girdles.

Corset training

Training corset, French, the crossbelts pull up at belt under the chest, so that been deformed. (1918)Enlarge

Training corset, French, the crossbelts pull up at belt under the chest, so that been deformed. (1918)

The act of corset training is body modification by means of tight lacing into a corset.

Corset training involves several forms of body modification.

  1. Constricting the ribcage below the sternum, pushes the upper chest out, enhancing the bust line.
  2. contracting the lower ribs improves the upper body line, but inhibits abdominal breathing.
  3. reduction of the waist, by means of compression
  4. internal organs are moved but less compared to pregnancy
  5. long term usage of the corset allows the body to adapt and accept further reduction, anywhere from 4" to 10" without injury

External link