Some more tips and tricks,
garnered from (usually painful)
personal experience:
- If you have a full-length victorian style corset, or even just a full body corset rather than a short basque etc., wear your knickers on the outside. Same goes for tights or garter belts. A tightly laced corset will put extra pressure on your bladder, which will lead to a study in monumental frustration when you discover that your thong is 5 inches deep in stiff steelbone!
- Many corset laces are held into place with knots at one end. For some bizarre reason some (like mine) tend to be sold with the knot bit pointing inwards. Make sure you switch that around before you lace up, otherwise you'll earn yourself some very sore extra dimples in the small of your back.
- Wear heels. Don't ask me why, but high heels make walking with a corset on not only more attractive, but more comfortable, too. The two seem to cancel out some of each other's normal discomfort.
- Don't sit on bar stools. Obvious, yes, but still, I can't stress this enough - don't sit on bar stools. Really.
- Avoid at all costs wearing a corset on a car drive of any significant length. Most car seats these days are designed for lounging or slouching (and are very bad for your back anyway, by the by), which a corset will make impossible and painful. If you absolutely must get ready before going a longish way in the car, leave the corset very loosely laced and have your lacer do it up on the spot.
- And, most important of all, have fun! A good corset will make you feel slimmer, more upright, more confident and very sexy, even if you wear it under you regular clothes and nobody knows you've got it on but you. Since, to be fair, it really is an uncomfortable business, wearing one for special occasions and savouring the slightly decadent feeling is loads of fun.
When to wear a corset