They are an usual luxuary garment/undergarment that takes a long time to make and master. Sure you could go out and buy and 'off the rack' corset online but this is not the best thing to do, especially when you are looking to tightlace or waist-train. I am going to outline to pro's and cons of store-brought corsets over bespoke fitted ones.
Firstly Lets talk about off the rack corsets and their appeal.
A generic corset, brought from an online store or a few places on the highstreet at first seem appealing to any potential buyer, for one reason. The price, they are cheap!
Yes the quality is not that bad and I will give it that, there are lots of styles and colours to choose from and it may seem great for a new corset buyer to see. A lot of them are steel boned and you can choose a size 2-4" smaller than your waist size. What more can you ask for? Well in my experiance, for a first time buyer and someone who is only going to wear it once or twice and not waist train its a pretty fair alternative. however it is certainly not the best solution for someone who is looking to tightlace down.
Generic corsets are as to be expected... generic. The sizing is not custom, it is not fitted to you. Great if you happen to be of the block size and lacking in curves as these corsets to not have the hip-spring and curves that most people have or desire. Leaving it rather lacking in lustre, shape and desire. Perhaps even making you feel worse after spending ages scanning through pictures of lovely ladies in curvy corsets. Well I can tell you most of them are fitted corsets. Actually these corsets can often be very painful and uncomfortable to wear, even off-putting for a newly fledged wearer... so really you do get what you pay for.
Now then, a custom fitted corset is special, its a luxuary item. As a friend said a corset should be an item saves and scrimps for and hankers after until it arrives. Corsets are special. They can make a woman (or man in some cases) feel amazing, confident, sexy and look gorgeous. regardless of how they think of themselves (I happen to think that everyone is beautiful, all shapes and sizes but thats beside the point.)
A fitted corset is your own, it has been painstakingly made by hand for you, to fit you and only you. This means that not only is it a stunning piece of artwork that is worth showing off but will be very comfortable to. I now have all of my corsets made by myself or professional corsetieres and I have since never been tempted to go back to off the rack corsets at all. Yes they are expensive but the true quality and beauty of bespoke corsets is very much worth it. Comfort is important and they really can give you such a lovely shape. Once more, its a unique corset. made for you, so no one else will have one exactly like it.
below are two corsets I am wearing. one is off the rack and one is custom made. see the difference? can you guess which is which? Which do you prefer?
This is an off the rack corset
This is a fitted corset made by waisted creations. The photograph is copyright to Darkslide photography. Do Not take!
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