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So I’m looking into buying a corset.

Like a legit one, with steel boning, because plastic boning is just laaame.

So, first of all, does anyone know how good “magnetic steel grade -400 boning” is?

Second of all, do you think this website is reliable enough to buy that corset off of it? I mean, I know it’s never truly safe to buy things online, but at least with, for instance, Amazon, you know that you’ll get it.

http://stores.selectessentialbasics.com/-strse-GOTHWEAR-cln-CORSETS/Categor ies.bok

You think this is okay?

p.s. it’s the corset at the top (: super super pretty

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4 months, 2 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

How often would u actually wear it?
They are a ***** to put on.
And hurt like ***

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lucy_h offline Verified User (6 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)

Haha probably not super often, but you know that’s only if you lace it really tight. Which, um, I’m still going to do :) I’ll make sure that I can somewhat breathe though LOL

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

semms pretty legit to me.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (12 minutes after post)

If you want a legit one then dont buy from anywhere that sizes like that or in dress sizes. Also, hate to say it but a good quality one would probably be more expensive.

Corsets should always be sold by waist size, usually 4 inches smaller than your natural waist size.

I think the best boning is steal spiral boning.

Where are you from? If you are in the UK then I have shops I can recommend, but in the US or elsewhere it’d be waaay to expensive to ship.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

And corsets dont hurt, at all. If they hurt then they dont fit.

Once you are used to it they arent too hard to put on either :)

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lucy_h offline Verified User (6 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (17 minutes after post)

Wait, if I wanted to buy this particular one though (I can’t afford a super super good quality one right now, I’m more just experimenting at this point), should I get it in a size smaller than my actual measurements?

I live in the US.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (18 minutes after post)

I have a few corsets myself, offcourse all steel boning.

Personally I like Meschantes, most of my corsets are from them(http://www.meschantes.com/ they are very nice and helpfull, everything is custom made, you always choose your fabric - and they cinch down if you want to try lacing down, they are good for tightlacers)
Also adore some more high priced (http://corsetmaker.com/ *drool*) and offcourse ebay.com (there’s some very good corsetmakers on there, search for “custom, busk”) also I’d recommend looking on http://community.livejournal.com/cors… great stuff on there - eye candy!

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lucy_h offline Verified User (6 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (22 minutes after post)

Thank you, Sigurros, I’m bookmarking those sites :)

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (23 minutes after post)

If I were you I would find an actual shop that you can go into and try stuff on before you buy it, but if you are set on that corset then you could email the shop and ask how they size them. But, if when you try it on the front isnt flat then take it back. Because a lot of cheap corsets buckle at the front in the middle and that can cause posture problems and stomach problems.

But Im sure if you emailed the shop they could tell you about the sizing.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (26 minutes after post)

if you can afford to ship in when you are more set on it then you could try out www.fairygothmother.co.uk or www.whatkatiedid.com.

FGM has a lot of different styles and WKD is a lot more vintage and…just gorgeousness really lol.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (32 minutes after post)

Ohh I like fairygothmother (: but just a little expensive, hahaha, I mean eventually I’ll buy a couple from there cause they’re gorgeous, but right now I really want something that isn’t too horribly expensive but is decent.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (32 minutes after post)

*nod* agree with PheeGee WKD makes awesome things - I wish there were more occasions to wear those kind of things.. they’re just so pretty.

And I think FGM has a shop in the UK, anyway, it’s all about the fit/shape. If it’s just a bit too loose or puts pressure in the wrong places (back boobs!) it’s a really personal thing and every body is different - so if you can, ask if you can be send it to try it on.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (35 minutes after post)

Ahhh I wish I lived in England :( one day when I go there, I’ll buy corsets directly from the shops hahah.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (38 minutes after post)

Yes, definitely. Ive tried on corsets that were gorgeous but didnt fit my boobs or that were gorgeous but just slightly wrong boning meant that it hurt my hips. They NEED to fit you.

Sigurros, Ive been saving up for a WKD corset for so long. I got a FGM underbust in a sale a while back and in a local lingerie shop I got a red raw silk chinese brocade overbust for (seriously now) £15!

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (40 minutes after post)

blue_ice24 wrote:
Ahhh I wish I lived in England :( one day when I go there, I’ll buy corsets directly from the shops hahah.

Youd have to be in London, Im so far away from corset shops. It makes me sad lol

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (41 minutes after post)

Yeah, I’ll live in London for a while :) or just go there with a lot of money and buy as many corsets as possible haha oh well.

So do you think I should probably be careful with that corset? The one I put the link up for

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (44 minutes after post)

Oh I’m envious now! I’m not saving up for a corset at the moment (dieting, and I already have a few that I hope will fit me again) but I am in need of more shoes.. John Fluevog’s (longest link in the world) http://cgi.ebay.com/NIB-womens-shoes-…

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (49 minutes after post)

blue_ice24 wrote:
Yeah, I’ll live in London for a while :) or just go there with a lot of money and buy as many corsets as possible haha oh well.

So do you think I should probably be careful with that corset? The one I put the link up for

just check that you can send it back and get your money back if it doesnt do what you hope :)

And Sigurros, Im the opposite lol. I lost weight and so my underbust which did take me in by four now only takes me in my one or two inches :(

Those shoes are awesome lol, theyre the kind of shoes id see and go, awww theyre cool but Id never know what to wear them with.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (58 minutes after post)

Maybe we can swap corsets *smiles* smallest I have are 22 or 24″ (I can’t even remember it’s been so long since those fit me)

And the shoes, yeah, it’s like: want-want-want them, I’ll find something to wear with them when I have them!

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (14 hours, 43 minutes after post)

All of the Corsets at Select Essential Basics.Com are From HEAVY RED.Com We are able to Sell them at a Discount But they are The Same Quality.
We have been in Business Since 2004 and Use Pay Pal Pro Business Card Processing which is Very Secure Especially with the Extra Fuilters that we add fo0r your sake as well as ours.
ALL “Heavy Red” Corsets use MAGNETIC STEEL GRADE -400 boning. The function of this steel is that its light in weight, while still keeping your body in shape. The bones automatically come to their normal position once the corset is taken off the body. Here are The sizes . My Daughter Bought One and Loves it .You Should buy accoding to the Hips and All else WILL Fall in Place as it is Adjustable.
Sherie Bruge
PS Quality can be bought at a Fair Price if You Find a Fair Entremenuer .
http://www.selectessentialbasics.com

SIZE XS S M L XL 2XL 3XL
BUST 28″ 30″ 32″ 34″ 36″ 38″ 42″
WAIST 20-22″ 22-24″ 24-26″ 27-29″ 29-31″ 32-33″ 35-37″
HIPS 28-30″ 30-32″ 33-35″ 36-37″ 37-38″ 39-40″ 44-45″
LENGTH 15″ 15″ 15.25″ 15.25″ 15.25″ 15.25″ 15.25″

PSS This Customer Did Buy and Was Satisfied !!Thanks

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