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Title: Corsets, Waist Reduction and Corset Comfort Word Count: 273 Summary: Information about corsets from a mo dern day perspective. Keywords: corset, corsets Article Body: Corsets and Waist Reduction By wearing a tightly-laced corset f or extended periods—a practice know n as tightlacing—men and women can learn to tolerate extreme waist con striction and reduce their natural waist size. Tightlacers usually aim for 40 to 43 centimetres (16 to 17 inch) waists. The Guinness Book of World Records records two instance s of women reducing to 15 inch wais ts: Ethel Granger and Cathie Jung. Other women, such as Polaire, also claim to have achieved such reducti ons. These are extreme cases. Corsets we re and are usually designed for sup port, with freedom of body movement an important consideration in thei r design. Present day corset-wearer s usually tighten the corset just e nough to reduce waists to dimension s that range from 18 to 24 inches. Corsets and Corset Comfort Moderate corset lacing is not incom patible with vigorous activity. In fact, during the late nineteenth ce ntury, when corset wearing was comm on, there were sport corsets specif ically designed to wear while bicyc ling, playing tennis, or horseback riding, as well as for maternity we ar. Many people now believe that all co rsets are uncomfortable and that we aring them restricts womens' lives, citing Victorian literature devote d to sensible or hygienic dress. Ho wever, these writings were most apt to protest against the misuse of c orsets for tightlacing; they were l ess vehement against corsets per se . Many reformers recommended "Emanc ipation bodices", which were essent ially tightly-fitted vests, like fu ll-torso corsets without boning. Most modern day corset-wearers will testify that corsets can be comfor table, once one is accustomed to we aring them. A well fitted corset sh ould be very comfortable. Women act ive in the Society for Creative Ana chronism and historical re-enactmen t groups commonly wear corsets as p art of period costume, without comp laint.
