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Here's me and my Alfred Angelo R211 - I am a street size 18/20... Looks like a 14!!
BEFORE the corset is laced...and then AFTER~!
Wow, right?! Show us pics of your corsets or magic dresses!
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Wow girl, looks like they really pulled it in on you! It looks amazing but I hope you can breathe!
hehe, small price to pay for having a body I always wanted :P lol, I kid, I kid. No, luckily, it was tight, but it was definitely wearable!!! I've lost about 17 pounds now too so hopefully they won't have to Cinch it quite so much... but I loooove it!!!
Love it! A very good friend of mine is plus sized and for her birthday shindig a wardrobe friend of ours laced her into a corset. She looked like a size 12 (UK sizing) and she's normally an 18/20! She was so pleased. And she could still drink and be merry which is always a plus ;)
@littlemissmoo, I can relate!! I must have been born in the wrong era!!! If only I was a renaissance gal.. No wait.. then I wouldn't have WEDDINGBEE!
That was the advice my friend said before I shopped- GET A CORSET STYLE BACK dress! It happened that the one I picked is corseted and let me tell you, I could go up or down pracitcally a size and it would be NO PROBLEM. I love how it pulls you in where you need it... it feels so much more made-to-fit and supportive than the zip-up or button-up dresses! Great for hourglass gals for SURE!
WOW!! That really accentuates all the right stuff....you look great.
Holy Crap! My dress laces up in the back but I don't think it's like a corset really... I'll have to get one for underneath! LOL
wow, you look great! I didn't really try on corsets, but now I wish I would've, bc I have the "out curves" but not the "in curve" ;)
WOW! You look FABULOUS! I wish I had tried on a corset style dress!
that looks amazing!! my dress didn't have a corset but it has some serious boning or something to give me the curves it gave me while smoothing the chub lol!
I don't have a picture of me with a corset in a gown, but I do Ren Faires and Medieval reenactment. I loooooove a good corset. Although, I like mine for bust support more than shaping, when laced properly I can breath and dance, have an awesome shape, and can jump around with no jiggling, and it's way more comfy than a bra.
Wow, that looks great! So does the corset mean your dress is a smaller than your usual size?
@Ashley, thanks! My wedding dress was about two sizes smaller than my normal street size. However, I found that with most dresses I tried on, corset or not. Guess I got lucky!!
Okay, this is a really interesting topic...one in which I'm entirely unfamiliar! My dress is an Anne Barge dress size 10. I ordered online. I knew it would end up being a street size 6 in bridal land. Well, surprise, I have now become a size 6 (high end of 6), but the back is like 4 inches apart still! SO so disheartening. So now I'm thinking that this thing must be a size 4 in real life. I'm shooting on losing 10 to 12 more pounds, hoping this will eliminate the gap in the back.
Okay, so number 1....will a corset change my life with regard to this issue?
And then, number 2....do you think dropping 12 pounds will close the 4 inch gap in the back of the dress?
Thanks for your pearls of wisdom! :)
I also purchased a corset type dress and think it makes my middle look fab from all angles I look so slim - but now I am freaking out about the back bulge that may show - anyone else having the same fears??
LOOKING GOOD! no matter what size you are, you can't argue with defining your waist like that. it looks so nice and ladylike. Your SO will love :)
you look amazing! my dress has an inner corset that zips up which seems to help a lot
Wow! Thanks for the tip! I'm now about an 18/20 (lost 70 pounds, woo!) and was thinking I needed to lose about 60 more pounds. I wasn't going to go dress shopping until I did, but now I feel like maybe I can go shopping! Yay!
I've been a huge fan of corsets for a looong time. They bring out the curves so nicely and to be honest, I love how they feel. ;-) Just a tip if you guys get a real corset (not the flimsy "looks" corset)...wear it as often as you can so it shapes to your body. I guarentee it'll become super comfortable once it forms to your body!
Looks great on you! My dress is a corset dress, too and I haven't seen that waist on me since I was in college!
Where do you gals buy your corsets? I can't really think of anywhere that I could try one on to make sure I like the fit before I buy it.
Toffee -- I generally buy mine from ebay these days, mid grade (between $80-150) but I know my size and the cut that looks best on me. I'd suggest looking for a corset maker in your area or google the SCA in your area...there's people there that make corsets as a hobby. Just be prepared to shell out some money for a proper corset.
That dress looks awesome on you! I have a feeling when I start shopping for dresses, I'm goinig to look into ones that have corsets too :)
I never would've tried on a corset dress before this post and I ended up with one. It gave me the curves that I've always wanted!
@des_salazar, that is so awesome!!! Let's see pix, I bet you look fantastic!
yum, love corsets. My dress is gonna be an actual corset and a skirt. One of the girls i used to work with recently set up business as a Corsetiere and i have been lusting after them for months so i am gonna have one for my wedding day!!! (and it will double up nicely for a boudoir shoot!)
Check her out, she'l ship to the USA with no problems, totally amazing
wow now i am totally going to try one a corset style dress!! looking good
I tried on one with a corset at DB (they didn't have the actual dress I wanted to try on, so I just tried one that was similar, kinda) and there's no way I'm not doing a corset! It gave me a very pretty waist, which is something I was sincerely worried about. It was slightly too small, but I can see if it's the correct size, that it would help a lot.
I'm finding this thread a bit late, but I have to echo the sentiment: corsets are awesome! I'm super-curvy and I never felt better than while wearing a corset dress. I ended up narrowing my dress search to lace-ups only. No zippers allowed! I've worn zippered dresses before (as BM) and by the reception I was constantly yanking up the dress. A corset can just be cinched in a bit as it loosens.
As for where to find them... as a designer line, I found Maggie Sottero had many more corsets than other designers. There were several at David's Bridal, too.
Here are two photos of my dress.
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Wow you guys you/re all making me reconsider my so far choice of a one shoulder, zipped, v relaxed looking dress! I'd always assumed the corset style dress would:
a) restrict choice of styles
b) restrict breathing/eating/drinking/burping - let's be honest here!
c) propel fat over and under - this I really do not want.
What's the consensus on the displaced/bulging out elsewhere-fat issue?
@aunt pol: One of the nice things about the corsets is that it can be tightened and loosened as you want. One of my friends who wore a corset style had it pulled really tight for the ceremony and pictures then loosened it a bit for the reception/dinner. Given my experience with zippered dresses starting to fall down after a few hours, I expect I might need a little tightening. We'll see.
As for propelling fat over... it's a valid point, and one I'm going to be watching out for, because I don't want it either and sometimes I do see it in my dress. I don't have a perfect solution yet. One of the downsides of a corset is that you really do need someone to help you dress... I can't lace it up by myself, so I need someone else around to help me test ways to lace it and reduce fat spill. (Fiance doesn't count--he doesn't want to see it until the wedding day.) My thought process is this: mine laces from the top downward. If the topmost area is left the loosest, I think it could help will spillage. And the waist is where I want it the tightest anyway.
Wow! You look great!
I tried on some dresses with corset backs, and I really loved them. The first place I tried on one the person who did the lacing didn't do it correctly, and I had back cleavage!!! Yuck!! But when I tried one at another store, they laced it properly and it looked gorgeous. Unfortunately, we're having a destination elopement wedding, and I'll have to dress myself... Kind of hard to lace up a dress by yourself, so I got a dress with a zipper!!
I am totally wearing a corset backed dress and if I don't, I am wearing and actual steel boned corset underneath the dress:
Heck, I might even do both because the corset makes my girls look great! lol
My dress has a corset underneath! Plus the full skirt/slip underneath is binding as well and the corset goes over it. I am fully tied in! Especially when the corset top of the dress is tied together in the back. Very nicely done! I'm a 22 and it makes all the difference to me!
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