Corsets are very beautiful and scream porn, but they can also be very functional and serious garments that are capable of modifying a persons body, and have become a popular fetish. It is appropriate to say a persons body, because body modification by corset training works on both men and women, and men are starting to enjoy the sleek silhouette that a corset can provide.
If a person is considering corset training, the first thing to know is that the lingerie corsets found in most stores are not the appropriate corsets for corset training. They are usually made of a flimsy fabric and contain plastic boning, which will bend as the person moves and will probably break pretty quickly. The correct corset for corset training will have a metal busk, metal boning and will be lined with a material called coutil, which is an extremely stiff cotton fabric. The combination of the metal busk, the metal boning and the coutil provide the rigidity the corset needs to provide figure control to the wearer. Good quality corsets will include a combination of rigid steel boning and spiral boning that is flexible which is necessary as the corset gets tightened over time. The outside material of the corset can be nearly anything, but in custom made corsets they tend to be a heavy satin or brocade material that looks and feels very luxurious.
To do corset training, a corset should be approximately four to six inches smaller than the persons waist. Tight lacing should not be attempted right away, as it will be extremely uncomfortable. Tightening is a gradual process that requires patience. The wearer needs to get used to wearing a corset. Corset training requires that the person wear the corset 23 hours a day every day. When first starting, the corset should be pulled so that it takes no more than two inches off the wearers waist. This is comfortable and will allow the wearer to grow accustomed to the restrictive nature of the corset. Each week, the corset can get pulled a little tighter to reduce the waist even more. The wearer of the corset will find that their posture is greatly improved and that their waist begins to retain its smaller size, even when the corset is removed.
