F.A.Q
What is waist training?
Waist training is a process by which a properly sized and constructed corset is worn for the purpose of changing the human shape. This can include reducing the waistline. Waist training requires hours of daily wear to achieve and maintain a measurable change.
What defines a proper corset?
Waist training is possible only with a corset featuring steel bones. The structure provided by plastic boning will not give sufficient shape and pressure in order to alter the body’s shape in a permanent way. As a very general rule of thumb, search for a corset that includes at least 20 steel bones, not including the front busk closure. While the quality of a corset can be affected by many aspects, the bones are likely the most important component to consider after size and fit.
Can I waist train in an overbust corset?
This is not advisable. Whereas an underbust style corset ends, as its name suggests, directly beneath the chest tissue, an overbust extends above to cup the breasts. By nature, an overbust corset restricts lung capacity much more drastically than an underbust by preventing the chest from rising with each breath. Because waist training is generally meant to reshape the waist only, covering the chest/breasts with an overbust corset provides no advantage.