Getting That Perfect Hourglass Figure

I have a friend that never quite came out of the teenage goth phase and owns quite a few corsets. They are super pretty but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable wearing one. I'm really claustrophobic and can't stand things so tight on my body. I have to admit though, going to the Height and looking at all of those pretty corsets really made me want one. The axfords corsets are absolutely gorgeous. It must be really nice to have something like that handmade.

The thing that gets me about women that wear corsets is the ones that get them to physically shrink themselves. That is SO gross! I know you've had to have seen at least one of these ladies...with the waist of like 12 inches and all of their organs pushed, shoved, and twisted from having that thing pulled tighter and tighter. I don't know how women way back in time dealt with having to wear those things. *sigh* The things women do for beauty...