On Men and Corsets

An overview of the history of men's stays, corsets, back braces and belts. Kind thanks to Rocketthon3 and egaptesroc for providing some inspiration and information here.

December 10 2010: 1337 views! Woohoo!

Very nice male corsetry resource: malecorsetry.com
Fakir Musafar (warning, some disturbing body modification on the site) http://www.fakir.org/aboutfakir/index.html
Mr. Pearl: http://www.couturelab.com/editorial/story-mrpearl.html#2
Corsetiers that make men's corsets:
http://www.romantasy.com (they make a men's corset that looks like a vest!)
http://www.absolutecorsets.com
http://www.darkgarden.com/pdfs/DarkGarden_Brochure_Main.pdf (they make incredibly hot, masculine corsets!)
http://www.bizarreboudoir.com/Home.aspx
http://www.corsets-and-more.de/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=49...
http://www.sylvain-nuffer.com/
http://www.staylace.com/retail/dandy/retail_page.htm

Male corseters on Youtube:
egaptesroc
gabrielmoginot
squashedkiwi
TrajanoNogueira

Category:

Education

Tags:

• corset
• waist
• training
• men
• male
• masculine
• stay
• weight
• lifting
• belt
• back
• brace
• hernia
• dandy
• gallant
• history

[Alanestor]

I have a question, on what video I can check how to make men corsets, and thanks

[bishonenrancher]

@Alanestor Hello, I don't have any tutorial strictly for men's corsets but I'm sure you can use the drafting tutorials I mentioned in my patterns video and alter it to fit a man's body. Alternatively, Laughing Moon pattern #113 has a ready-made pattern for men's corset. The shape is different but the construction is the same as women's corsets. :)

[crouchingtiger1000]

how would a man start ?

[bishonenrancher]

@crouchingtiger1000 You can check out the links I posted in the description, there are many companies that make men's corsets, both custom-made and less expensive off-the-peg ones. :)

[crouchingtiger1000]

@bishonenrancher could a man were a womans corset?

[bishonenrancher]

@crouchingtiger1000 Of course they can! I'm not sure how comfortable they would be for a man but many men do wear women's corsets. If you are interested in getting one, I have just uploaded some reviews on a few off-the-peg corsets I own.

[withoutemotionz]

i found this very informative ^.^ i've been looking into men's corseting for myself, but havent really been able to find any real information on it

[lukaluei]

I just love your channel, it's very helpful on historic fashion with great facts!

P.S. I'm wearing a corset right now as I type this. They're quite comfortable really. ^^

[sindeejson]

great histriy lesson

thanks

[LadyTigerLily]

Even though I've not commented on this video, this is one of my favourite videos of yours.

[0691ryan]

hello I must say I love your videos! I used to look online on how to maker corsets but the information I read was so complicated so thank you for posting these videos. I wanted to know if you had any tutorials for making waist cinchers. Thank you.

[Alanestor]

Excelent information, thanks

[FetishHero]

Great video, just one point, as an Englishman it is pronounced VAL 'ET' not 'Val ey' , it is an English word and not French as many countries believe. It usually denotes a manservant, or a "gentleman's gentleman" in PG Woodhouse's Jeeves and Wooster. Love your videos you look stunning XX :-)

[fallenleaf25]

This was rather interesting, thanks for posting it up.