Tightlacing

Tightlacing is the practice of corsetry taken to an extreme, the goal being to achieve a very narrow corseted waist. Reduction to 15" or below is very rarely achieved.

To achieve such a narrow corseted waist requires the wearing of a corset practically full-time, and the individual's body will in general be permanently altered by the practice, though this may not involve any ill effects to health.

See also: body modification and Corset training

List of well-known Tightlacers:

• Lillie Langtry c. 1890
• Polaire about 1914, 13" or 14"
• Ethel Granger about 1930-50, 13"
• Spook 2003, 14" http://www.staylace.com/pinups/spook/index.html
• Sylphide 2002 15"
• Kathy Jungs http://www.staylace.com/gallery/gallery15/kathyjungsilvercorset/

External link

• http://www.staylace.com/medicaladvice/med2cthb.htm
• http://www.staylace.com/pinups/index.html
• http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=tight-lacing