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@lizzy105: I dont know why but I cant imagine it! do you have a picture??? interesting!! My dress comes in Feb 17th!!! I might just have to TRY this!
@live laugh love: I know, right?! I couldn't picture it either until the tailor showed me...I will have my mom send me the pics and post them Monday! :)
That's so interesting, I'd love to see a picture. My wedding dress was a corset back, and it was WAY to LOOSE (although it fit perfectly at the final fitting... guess I lost a bit of weight). One of my biggest wedding regrets was not having the top taken in... I was messing with it all night. Sounds like I should have tied it from the bottom to the top :)
@live laugh love: Ok so these pictures are from my mom's phone...so not the best quality...and apparently we didn't get a full shot of the back of dress with the corset tied at the top. These are the best I have. The more I look around I'm feeling like no one actually does this hahaha. But I you never know!
@shambley: My dress fitted pretty loosely before she tied it this way as well. I DID get it at running of the brides though so I fully expected to need alterations to get it to fit. She is taking it in a little bit towards the hips but I still have some room with the corset so if I lose weight, which I definitely plan on, I figure we have room to work with.
If anyone else has pictures of their corset dresses with the tie at the top I'd love to see it! I'll try to get some better pictures up of mine. Thanks!!
PS It is slightly horrifying posting pictures of myself with no makeup on up here but I'm too lazy to photoshop my face out so...apologies in advance for the face. Also I swear I was really happy to try my dress on even though the look on my face might suggest otherwise. However, it was 8am on a Saturday.
So I've had to wear corsets for performing in operas before, so here are my thoughts having worn them every way imaginable.
Where you start the lacing is where it will be the tightest: i.e. if you start at the bottom and lace up, it will be tighest over your abdomen which may be fine at the beginning of the wedding but it may be less comfy after you've eaten dinner.(Think about when you have to unbutton that tight pair of jeans after a big dinner)
Also, if you lace bottom to top you will enhance your cleavage more than lacing top to bottom, which may or may not be desireable, depending on what your dress looks like and/or how conservative your ceremony is.
You can also expirement with lacing both directions/starting in the middle if you want both boob enhancement and relaxation around your tummy; you'll just need an extra ribbon/shoelace/tie.
And if you're wondering, I'm lacing top to bottom because I plan to eat a ton at my wedding and I don't want to be relacing corsets in the middle of the festivities.
@mtrl01: Thanks so much for the info! I never knew there were so many ways to wear a corset! I'll have to take everything into consideration I guess...I definitely have quite a bit of time before the actual day so that's good. There are so many benefits to wearing it either way. The only thing I worry about is the dress loosening when I'm dancing. I love to dance and I'm going to be on the dance floor all night so I'm thinking it might be beneficial to have it tighter at the top...but then again I could probably adjust it easier if it were tied at the top. So many things to consider...
Thank you for your help! I never thought I'd be stressing over such a minor detail!
@lizzy105: Also.. having been someone who owns several steel boned corsets and has frequently worn them for renaissance faires
- If the corset begins to work lose, it usually starts at the end where it is tied. If you tie at the top and it loosens, you will feel the looseness around your chest. If you tie it at the bottom, you will feel it in your waist and below your cleavage.
I hope everyone knows - no matter what the fabric, even if its semi-more true for leather than silks, etc - also lace you your dress loosely at first, so it just fits. Wear it, let the fabric adjust to your body temp. Once you've had it on 5-10 minutes, readjust the laces for the snuggest fit.
@lizzy105: Also.. having been someone who owns several steel boned corsets and has frequently worn them for renaissance faires
- If the corset begins to work lose, it usually starts at the end where it is tied. If you tie at the top and it loosens, you will feel the looseness around your chest. If you tie it at the bottom, you will feel it in your waist and below your cleavage.
I hope everyone knows - no matter what the fabric, even if its semi-more true for leather than silks, etc - also lace you your dress loosely at first, so it just fits. Wear it, let the fabric adjust to your body temp. Once you've had it on 5-10 minutes, readjust the laces for the snuggest fit.
It was funny i came across this as yesterday mum was asking me if she could wear hers bottom to top as she doesnt like the look of the bow at the bottom in the other photos we took (yes i did tell her that we could (and most likely would) tuck them in at the bottom)
I just thought i would add a photo if it helps so you can see it full from the back. From these photos taken yesterday my mum is a fan :) i just wanted to know too if it was "normal" to wear the lace either way... as this is the only response showing on google i guess not hahaha. I figure whatever mum wants she can have :)
I have always been taught with corsets that you tie in the middle and tighten from both top and bottom at the same time. Mind you i'm no expert I just always liked the look too.
@mtrl01: wow! so much knowledge! thanks! :)
@lizzy105: pretty dress!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HZfEKzBRVvg/TqmXXeW4nJI/AAAAAAAABTA/U85CS1mDKwI/s1600/MiddleTapes.png is one i found online of center tieing in a back view.
This is me in mine its not a steelboned nor was it tied overly tight at the time (and it was a size too small)
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/mylnn/008.jpg
@Mylnn: That is so interesting! I actually might try that as well. I think the biggest issue for me tying the corest at the top is that it hides some of the detail along the corset. But I will also have a veil on so I guess that wont matter too much...
@live laugh love: Thank you!! :)
@ShellVee: Ahh yes- thanks so much for posting this pic! This is sort of what mine looks like too. I think if we tied it this way, we might shorten the laces a bit to show more of the back.
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Hello Bees!
Today I brought my dress in to my tailor to discuss alterations. When she laced up the corset back she said it really stays tighter all night if you tie it from the bottom to the top. I had never even thought of that before and was a little nervous about what it would look like, but when she tied up the back it was almost like a different dress! Granted my mother and aunt who were tying the dress before haven't had much experience lacing up corsets...but I was very surprised at how well it fit. I looked at the back and was also pleasantly surprised that I liked the bow at the top. I originally didn't even want the bow showing and had planned to tuck it in at the bottom. Have any of you ladies with corset dresses tied them from bottom to top? I haven't seen it much and I would love to see some pictures of brides with corsets tied that way.
Thank you!! :)