Wednesday, August 26, 2009

How to recognise a genuine corset

If you search for "Corset" on Ebay, the vast majority of the results will not actually be corsets at all. So how do you know that what you're bidding on is actually what you want? To the trained eye, the imitations stick out like a sore thumb but so many things get described as corsets on the high street it's easy for the casual buyer to be fooled. Here are some questions you should ask yourself:
What are you actually looking for?
When you say you want a "corset", is what you have in mind a corset at all? A corset is a very rigidly boned item designed to bring in the waist, usually by about 4" and are not cheap. If that surprises you and you want something more comfortable, you probably want a basque, bustier or gothic top. Bustiers are often very pretty imitation corsets, lightly boned but have no effect on the figure. Basques are

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