An advertisement for corsets with waist sizes from 15 to 23 inches (38 to 58 cm)A woman wearing a tight-laced corset, 1890. Note that Victorian photo editing techniques were likely used on this image, simulating a narrower waist.
Tightlacing (also called corset training) is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure and posture or to experience the sensation of bodily restriction. The process originates in mid-19th century Europe and was highly controversial. At the peak of the prevalence of tightlacing, there was much public backlash both from medical doctors and dress reformers, and it was often ridiculed as vain by the general public. Due to a combination of evolving fashion trends, social change regarding the roles of women, and material shortages brought on by World War I and II, tightlacing, and corsets in general, fell out of favor entirely by the early 20th century.
Tightlacing (also called corset training) is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure...
past 25 years, attributed to tightlacing itself as well as the lowered respiration and food intake permitted by tightlacing.: 248–249 Modern wearers are...
risk of miscarriage and maternal death. Corset controversy Foot binding Tightlacing Chavasse, Pye Henry (1863). Advice to a Wife on the Management of Her...
modern primitive movement, having exposed himself to body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing and suspension Orlan, (born 1947) French performance...
theorized that some enthusiastic fans of tightlacing may have experienced sexual pleasure when tightlacing, or by rubbing against the front of the corset...
before her marriage to Bob.[citation needed] "Smallest waist - living (tightlacing)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-11-10. "811) Cathie Jung –...
of the highest quality of construction. For long-term use, e.g., by tightlacing or waist training, corsets must be made to exact standards and are best...
as waistline, commonly called waist training or in more extreme cases tightlacing.) In addition, the term "training corset" may refer to a corset which...
punishment or simply restriction. And the masochistic practice known as tightlacing creates a particular type of pleasure for the wearer. In the 1980s, pop...
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Elisabeth emphasised her extreme slenderness through the practice of tightlacing. During the peak period of 1859–60, which coincided with Franz-Joseph's...
advocated against their use, particularly the high-fashion trend of tightlacing to achieve ever-smaller waistlines. While support for fashionable dress...
practice was less commonplace than generally thought today (Effects of tightlacing on the body). Sleeves: Sleeves were tightly fit during the early Victorian...
Tights, a type of leg coverings fabric extending from the waist to feet Tightlacing, the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset ”Tighties”, a slang term...
Klingerman, Katherine Marie (May 2006). Binding Femininity: The Effects of Tightlacing on the Female Pelvis (PDF). University of Vermont (MA Thesis). Archived...
involved in applying force, such as constriction, to a part of the body. Tightlacing – binding of the waist and shaping of the torso Cranial binding – modification...
relaxation of the ligaments that typically hold the viscera in place. Tightlacing has been held to be a cause as well. Corsets to reduce the circumference...
many of the external characteristics of Artistic dress (rejection of tightlacing in favour of simplicity of line and emphasis on beautiful fabrics), even...
eye makeup, deliberately evocative of the Arab world. At a time when tightlacing among women was in vogue, she was famous for her tiny, corsetted waist...
has media related to Hourglass corset (Victorian). History of corsets Tightlacing Corset controversy "A Short History of the Corset". www.marquise.de....
referred to as the "world's most beautiful woman", she was part of the tightlacing tradition that saw women use corsetry to create an "hour-glass" figure...
ribs can be permanently altered by a form of body modification called tightlacing, which uses a corset to compress and move the ribs. The ribs, particularly...
trend of women having to modify their bodies through use of corsets and tightlacing in order to fit the societal standard of tiny waistlines. A minority...
theorized that some enthusiastic fans of tightlacing may have experienced sexual pleasure when tightlacing, or by rubbing against the front of the corset...
contemporary cartoonists of the time poked fun at the repressed nature of the tightlaced gentlemen, although the style grew in popularity nonetheless. This was...
Steele noted that after 19th-century writers catering to audiences for tightlacing and sexual fetishism played up the sadomasochistic idea of a "cruel,...