The Yeas and Nays of Corset-Wearing
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010A popular staple of subculture fashion, the corset is used nowadays as an outergarment more often than an undergarment. Not only is it beautiful in of itself, it also gives the wearer a seemingly flawless hour-glass figure. It is a mandatory item in the wardrobe of fetish models, burlesque performers, drag queens, dommes, and goths.
Like anything else, there are right ways and appalling wrong ways to wear one.
In order to preserve the majesty of the corset, one should make note of the following flattering and unflattering ways it can be worn.
No thank you.
If one’s abdomen bulge is significant enough to render the corset a non-hourglass shape, don’t force yourself into one.
Side note: men in corsets is a grey area, and must be determined on a case-to-case basis.
Yes please!
Oh Dita - few will do the corset the justice that you do. A beautiful and skilled burlesque performer has a full set of rights over the corset.
No thank you.
Trashy goths. NO. FAIL. Hot Topic, please stop this travesty.
Yes please!
Brechtian punk cabaret. amanda palmer can wear whatever the fuck she wants, and her frequent choice of shabby-chic corsets and peasant skirts are righteous.
No thank you.
Period costumes - particularly at Renaissance faires
Yes please!
Bombshell fetish models. Or for that matter, anyone of the same caliber of hotness. These clothes were designed for people like you - wear them!
Post by RAGGEDY ANIKA
