Waist training and corsetry Dangers!

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  • GibsonSG_67
    GibsonSG_67 Posts: 1,406 Member
    edited August 2015
    Yet another reason I'm glad I'm a man.
  • NJGamerChick
    NJGamerChick Posts: 467 Member
    edited August 2015
    GibsonSG_67 wrote: »
    Yet another reason I'm glad I'm a man.

    I've seen men in full on waist trainers (with steel boning and all). Very sexy, too. ;)

    But nobody is taking my bone crushing corsets and bodices away from me! I lurv them and they make my renaissance faire garb complete. After all, you're not wearing it right if you can still breathe.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    shibumicd wrote: »
    My corset is very effective. It takes a 36" waist down to a 32. Once I achieve my goals on MFP, my hope is that I will need to purchase a new one to take a 32" or 33" natural waist to a 28.

    I agree with Moyer, though. It's very restrictive. I can barely bend over and couldn't see exercising in one.

    the ones that they are exercising in is no bone. it's some poly blend and it's wonderful. but I still say that I get better support from the steel boned ones such as from casa divas-that I will never be able to afford but tried on.
    I find the "waist trainers" are really more about sweating and less about smooshing. but it's a nice alternative for the night.

    just remember...boots first
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  • Gretchen_To_Be
    Gretchen_To_Be Posts: 99 Member
    @moyer566, very good advice. My 4 1/2" heeled boots don't have laces though. But the zipper is still tough with the corset. ;)
  • asianfashionista86
    asianfashionista86 Posts: 5,039 Member
    GibsonSG_67 wrote: »
    Yet another reason I'm glad I'm a man.

    I'm glad u are too so glad lol
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  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 688 Member
    There's a big difference between wearing shape-wear situationally and wearing corsets or other waist-training garments all the time to actually try to reshape your body. The latter is freaky and I imagine unhealthy.

    Also, my issue with the Kardashians promoting this nonsense is that they did not achieve that shape through waist-training, it's through a combo of genetics and large amounts of plastic surgery.
  • kaylajane11
    kaylajane11 Posts: 313 Member
    ald783 wrote: »
    There's a big difference between wearing shape-wear situationally and wearing corsets or other waist-training garments all the time to actually try to reshape your body. The latter is freaky and I imagine unhealthy.

    Also, my issue with the Kardashians promoting this nonsense is that they did not achieve that shape through waist-training, it's through a combo of genetics and large amounts of plastic surgery.

    Don't forget Photoshop.

    I noticed JWoww from Jersey Shore has been promoting waist training on her Instagram recently too.
  • Gretchen_To_Be
    Gretchen_To_Be Posts: 99 Member
    [/quote]

    Don't forget Photoshop.

    I noticed JWoww from Jersey Shore has been promoting waist training on her Instagram recently too.[/quote]

    And probably selling her version of a training corset?
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Regardless. If the standard American public is naive enough to fall for the marketing ploys of celebrities touting 'corseting', that's just foolish. Lay people should know better. We all know about Photoshop, as well as the access that celebrities have to personal chefs, and trainers, and a lot more free time than the rest of us.
    And people oughta know that there no quick ways to lose weight or change the way their bodies look.
  • Gretchen_To_Be
    Gretchen_To_Be Posts: 99 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Regardless. If the standard American public is naive enough to fall for the marketing ploys of celebrities touting 'corseting', that's just foolish. Lay people should know better. We all know about Photoshop, as well as the access that celebrities have to personal chefs, and trainers, and a lot more free time than the rest of us.
    And people oughta know that there no quick ways to lose weight or change the way their bodies look.

    Here I have to disagree. It is definitely "quick"; it's just not permanent. I have some dresses that just won't fit normally...but with the corset, 4" smaller waist, and voila...
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  • kaylajane11
    kaylajane11 Posts: 313 Member
    shibumicd wrote: »

    Don't forget Photoshop.

    I noticed JWoww from Jersey Shore has been promoting waist training on her Instagram recently too.

    And probably selling her version of a training corset?

    But of course.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Regardless. If the standard American public is naive enough to fall for the marketing ploys of celebrities touting 'corseting', that's just foolish. Lay people should know better. We all know about Photoshop, as well as the access that celebrities have to personal chefs, and trainers, and a lot more free time than the rest of us.
    And people oughta know that there no quick ways to lose weight or change the way their bodies look.

    all shapewear does this
  • Steam_Powered_Awesome
    Steam_Powered_Awesome Posts: 301 Member
    I love Corsets I have a vast collection of them. I cannot Understand why someone would wear one to the gym yet I see so many women wearing them to the gym and they don't realize that they're causing damage to themselfs and rendering most of your workout pointless.
  • Gretchen_To_Be
    Gretchen_To_Be Posts: 99 Member
    Steam_Powered_Awesome wrote: »
    I love Corsets I have a vast collection of them. I cannot Understand why someone would wear one to the gym yet I see so many women wearing them to the gym and they don't realize that they're causing damage to themselfs and rendering most of your workout pointless.

    I love the Steampunk look and have seen some really incredibly sexy outfits with corsets. I've been considering the idea of creating my own crossplay look and perhaps attending an event. It could be a way to ease into presenting in public.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    moyer566 wrote: »
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Regardless. If the standard American public is naive enough to fall for the marketing ploys of celebrities touting 'corseting', that's just foolish. Lay people should know better. We all know about Photoshop, as well as the access that celebrities have to personal chefs, and trainers, and a lot more free time than the rest of us.
    And people oughta know that there no quick ways to lose weight or change the way their bodies look.

    all shapewear does this

    Don't be pedantic. I'm talking about your actual body, not how you look dressed.
  • Steam_Powered_Awesome
    Steam_Powered_Awesome Posts: 301 Member


    @shibumicd
    One of my pics in my profile has my favorite corset in it. Wore it to the Steampunk world's fair

    Just to make sure
    Do you mean crossplay or cosplay
    They are different
  • Ashley___916
    Ashley___916 Posts: 1,025 Member
    shibumicd wrote: »
    @Ashley___916, thanks for your post. Have you had a positive experience with corsets or waist training?

    I do have a positive personal experience and can give you amazing resources on corestry and waist training (two very separate topics altogether)... Just give me a little bit and I'll post some links... Seeing patients now :)
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    moyer566 wrote: »
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    Regardless. If the standard American public is naive enough to fall for the marketing ploys of celebrities touting 'corseting', that's just foolish. Lay people should know better. We all know about Photoshop, as well as the access that celebrities have to personal chefs, and trainers, and a lot more free time than the rest of us.
    And people oughta know that there no quick ways to lose weight or change the way their bodies look.

    all shapewear does this

    Don't be pedantic. I'm talking about your actual body, not how you look dressed.
    you said change the way they look. I don't think it gets any more basic than shapeware. that isn't being pedantic.
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  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    look up violet chotchkies simply gorgeous w/ a waist of something like 18inches
  • Gretchen_To_Be
    Gretchen_To_Be Posts: 99 Member
    edited August 2015
    Steam_Powered_Awesome wrote: »

    @shibumicd
    One of my pics in my profile has my favorite corset in it. Wore it to the Steampunk world's fair

    Just to make sure
    Do you mean crossplay or cosplay
    They are different

    Hmmm...maybe I am using the term incorrectly. I thought that if you crossdressed for Cosplay, that it was "Crossplay." If I wear a female Steampunk outfit, wouldn't that be Crossplay? If I am confused, please set me straight.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    are my latex corsets going to kill me now

    good
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  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    shibumicd wrote: »
    Steam_Powered_Awesome wrote: »

    @shibumicd
    One of my pics in my profile has my favorite corset in it. Wore it to the Steampunk world's fair

    Just to make sure
    Do you mean crossplay or cosplay
    They are different

    Hmmm...maybe I am using the term incorrectly. I thought that if you crossdressed for Cosplay, that it was "Crossplay." If I wear a female Steampunk outfit, wouldn't that be Crossplay? If I am confused, please set me straight.

    no you are good.
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    shibumicd wrote: »
    @mccindy72, I think @ch33s3cak3s may be right, check it out: https://www.yahoo.com/health/why-waist-training-is-a-really-really-bad-idea-120455530897.html

    If the Kardashians and Jessica Alba are doing it, I could see how impressionable people would follow.

    I can't imagine anyone doing anything because the Kardashians are doing it.

    Really? I can imagine hundreds of thousands of people trying to emulate their actions exactly. They didn't get that popular just from the haters.
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