Tutorial - How to self-lace an underbust corset

A little video showing you how to lace yourself into an underbust corset unassisted. Sorry for the not-so-great quailty, I've still not quite gotten my head around my camera. Please feel free to ask any questions - especially corset related ones - we arm ourselves with knowledge!

Category:

Howto & Style

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• corset
• underbust
• self-lacing
• tutorial
• Luise Laudanum
• tightlacing
• corsetry
• gothic

[LuiseLaudanum]

@theWifey4u Yes, sometimes corsets do usually come with the strings already in place, but you NEED to loosen them fully and tighten it up every time you wear it. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to get in an out of the corset and the chances are you will cause substantial damage to it. Much of the hourglass effect a corset gives is due to the lacing technique

[LuiseLaudanum]

@kitkat110595 My Shop is called Black Widow - it's in the stables market, by the arches, near where they sell the food. We mainly deal in "fashion" corsets, which are plastic boned and for a simple black underbust, you are looking at between £25-£35 depending on the shape, fabric etc. There is also a shop nearby called Burleska that sells lots of steel boned ones, suitable for tightlacing, they are more expensive at about £50

[nikwalnikwal]

and I can se you are using the lacing style that are easier to tighten..Anyway who made that corset?, looks good..

[LuiseLaudanum]

@nikwalnikwal It's MUCH easier to tighten towards the middle than fastening at the top or bottom - that was also gives you the correct hourglass figure.

The corset is made by Deadlygirlz - they are really high quality and heavy duty - fully boned with spiral steels and lined with very thick leather :)

[LuiseLaudanum]

Well, you never know when it might just come in handy :P

[MachoCeaserSalad]

Could that be Emilie Autumn in the backround!?!

[CorsetRookie]

This is an awesome self-lacing video! What a reduction did you achieve here? It seems to me that you had already some problems closing it, because it's so small, and then you reduced by maybe 4-5 inches more? So my guess would be around 5-6 inches in less than two minutes !?! It also appeared to me that you were slightly out of breath in the end :-) The corset is also just wonderful quality. Compliments!

[rockpojk]

@GuzuVinushka 

The waist is measured at the smallest width of your upper body, usually somewhere just above your belly button.

Try taking a measuring tape and wrap it around your ribbcage, then slowly bring it down untill it stops and you can feel your waist :)

[Estefani23]

you would look better w/ less dark make up and more lighter colors. :-)

[GuzuVinushka]

Where exactly does one measure where their waist is?

[BleedTheWineUnholy]

@XbabyCCX Glad I could help 8)

[XbabyCCX]

@BleedTheWineUnholy that really has helped me out! Thank you very much! :)

[BleedTheWineUnholy]

@XbabyCCX Well underbusts won't flatten you out like an overbust can (I have the same problem you do lol) but what some girls I know like to do is wear a thickly padded strapless bra under an overbust corset so when they put it on it pushes them up a lot more and does make it look like they are larger in the bust area. I like wearing underbusts more, though. If the underbust goes up to right where the underwire of your bra is, it gives you an extra boost without the padding lol Hope I helped 8)

[TheBlackenedWHITE]

thank you so freaking much!!

i lost some weight a while back and my corset is way too loose. Now i can once more enjoy it's lacy goodness! :D

[XbabyCCX]

I was just wondering if an underbust corset would be appropriate choice if someone wanted to enhance a small bust. I don't know if that made much sense but yeah. If anyone could give me an answer that would be fantastic!