[PoetsOfTheFall]

Creepy and unnatural

[zombie-rot420]

Where do all of her guts go when she's got that contraption on?

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Really? lol i think she looks horrid.

Me too, it's rather vulgar.

[eternal]

I wonder how in the heck she could breathe in a corset that tight.

[Rachee]

Corsets were very popular back then and was a sign of beauty. Its takes a long time to get down to that size of corset because the organs and tissue actually repositions itself higher in the body. Very unhealthy. These woman even slept in these things!

[Darkest Angel]

Pretty face & hair tho.

[wujuan]

ouch

[gatagato]

Originally Posted by Rachee ↗

Corsets were very popular back then and was a sign of beauty. Its takes a long time to get down to that size of corset because the organs and tissue actually repositions itself higher in the body. Very unhealthy. These woman even slept in these things!

True. That must be what happened to this woman: her organs repositioned themselves into her boobs, which could explode @ any moment (they're banned from flying because they're considered terror threats)


Seriously, if i was a woman, tightlacing would be last thing I would do.

The smallest waist recorded is that of Ethel Granger, who tightlaced for most of her life and achieved a waist of 13 inches (33 cm): a reduction of over ten inches.

Ethel Granger (photo taken in 1959)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightlacing
http://www.ethelgranger.com/

[croxual]

I think it's just amazing. I've always loved the look of a corseted waist, that tiny or a bit more natural.

I've wanted to tightlace for a while. I need to get a suitable corset for it. (They really should be custom made, and it's pricey.) I don't want it THAT tiny, but something like 18-20" would be cool.

Here's what happens:


Your organs move and your ribs bend. Some organs go up and in, like the heart and lungs, and some move down, like the stomach and intestines. If you're doing it the correct way, which is gradually with a custom made corset for your measurements, it's really not so dangerous. If you have any preexisting health problems, that might be a different story, of course.

And here's Cathie Jung, the owner of the smallest waist of any living person (15 inches):

[Ratzerfratzer]

Originally Posted by Necrosexual ↗

I think it's just amazing. I've always loved the look of a corseted waist, that tiny or a bit more natural.

I've wanted to tightlace for a while. I need to get a suitable corset for it. (They really should be custom made, and it's pricey.) I don't want it THAT tiny, but something like 18-20" would be cool.

Here's what happens:


Your organs move and your ribs bend. Some organs go up and in, like the heart and lungs, and some move down, like the stomach and intestines. If you're doing it the correct way, which is gradually with a custom made corset for your measurements, it's really not so dangerous. If you have any preexisting health problems, that might be a different story, of course.

And here's Cathie Jung, the owner of the smallest waist of any living person (15 inches):

I love corsets too. I guess I've seen a lot of tightlacers so I don't even think about it. I forget it's pretty shocking for regular people to see it.