How to get yourself into a corset with front opening busk.
The assumption is this will be easy, it’s not unless done properly.
I hope to have pictures to demonstrate this at some point.
- Loosen the ties in the back, don’t allow them to come out of
the eyelets/grommets but loosen it dramatically. It needs to fit around
you easily.
- Do up the busk, this is fairly simple provided you have followed
step one. If you have not then this part is difficult to almost impossible.
- Start to tighten the lacing. Yes you are working with your hands
behind you and this takes a bit of practice. The method of lacing
you have used will affect how quickly you can do this. The "rabbit
ears" at the waist is advantageous. You will see photos of this
in most of our corset photos found in the "Period
Costume" section. This method creates two places to tighten
and loosen your corset: the bottom and the waist.
- As the corset gets snug, tie the lacing and adjust your breasts,
you do not want them getting flattened and they will have been hanging
naturally while you have followed these steps. Use your hands and
lift them into place before the corset is tightened. If someone else
is helping to pull the laces then raise your arms above your head
before the tightening process begins, this will lift your breasts
into a better position, manual adjustment may still be needed.
- Tighten the corset to a comfortable feel.
- You can tighten your corset more after about half an hour and more
still later. This is easiest if you have not put on the dress yet!
- To remove your corset you must again loosen the lacing. Trying to
undo or do up a corset without first loosening the lacing may result
in bent busk "eyes". They are quite strong when the pressure
is applied after it is done up but not before. Much like a zipper,
strong when done up but hard to do up under pressure.
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