CharmianWomen's 26 Steel Boned Cotton Long Torso Hourglass Body Shaper Corset

I absolutely love this, Took me a little while to put it on and have to have a little bit of help, but this is worth the money if you like corsets. The color is absolutely beautiful and it is really super durable and the strings are really long so you can fit it exactly how you need to when you’re trying to get on. It’s like a pearl color!

I bought this to start waist training since I definitely dislike my apple shaped body. I noticed most people writing reviews already had curvy or hourglass shapes but I have a unique shape. I have 38D chest, 14 size of pants, L/XL in shirts, and I am 5’2. Smallest portion of my stomach is 38inch and biggest is 45 and my hips are 41. By these measurements alone you can tell I lack big hips to hold my pants up and the sizing is going to be WEIRD since I have major hip dents.I originally ordered size 2XL due to sizing down and seeing girls with the same pants size as me use this size. It ended up being tooooo small for my huge belly. (You can tell because the back flap on the corset should mostly cover the laces but it didnt). I sized up and got 4XL and it was toooo big. I found a happy medium I. 3XL. I think the size charts are off since there were two listed in the description and pictures but 3XL was on par with my 38inch waist.This is my first corset EVER. I honestly think the hardest part of putting this on isn’t the laces but the hooks in the front but this corset is SUPER comfortable. I was told when waist training you start off wearing it from 1-2 hours a time and this was so comfortable I fell asleep in it and wore it for 3-4 hours.My problems: it does push up my boobs. Other girls look great with this feature especially if you are smaller chested but me... a D girl look UNNATURAL. It pushed my girls up so high they were up to my chin. They look fabulous in the photos but it wasn’t natural looking. When I tried on a dress my shape was sexy as heck but then my boobs look like they were piled on top. I will try to shimmy my corset down a bit more since I am suuuper short and it could be a petite chubby girl problem but keep this is mind if you are wearing this underneath clothing and not to a renaissance fair.Funny fact: this corset is soooooooo sturdy that sitting is weird as heck. It keeps your back straight which is great for a scoliosis gal like me but when I would sit back it was hard to get up since the bottom of the corset would dig into my thighs but then again it could be a short person short torso problem.I cannot say yet if this will work for waist training since I am trying to turn my Apple shape into hourglass and reshape my fat so i got some hips but this is super comfortable. AND my BIGGEST happiness with this is how leggings hold up with this on. I know it sounds lame but since I have a big belly and no hips my pants NEVER STAY UP. My leggings will roll for days until the crack comes out. This not only tucked in the gut but it holds my leggings up. I still haven’t figured out how I want to tie my access strings since it’s long and it isn’t recommended to wrap the string around your corset but this is a greater starter. Try it you’ll love it!

I gave this 4 stars, even though I have some serious mixed emotions. I am going to review this in 2 categories, Quality and Fit. I am returning the one I ordered, and going one size smaller. Please read the details in the Fit section. Currently, My advice on this product, think about what your shape is, and what you are wanting this to do. If you want it to reduce your waist, then order the size smaller than your actual waist.If you want something that will work to change the SHAPE of the "apple shape" (larger tummy or have a muffin top with out clothes on), but not necessarily try to reduce your overall waist size, then get the approximate measurement of your waist.QUALITY (FYI, I make costumes, and due to time I could not draft and create a corset for myself.)Material:The material is a cotton duck (canvas) material, and by it's nature is a very strong material. The parts are well sewn, and my cotton not shine-y white version won't be in any sex lingerie catalogs, but was exactly what I wanted for a historic looking corset. The corset has a waist tape, (looks polyester) and a steel busk (the thing that goes up the front). Grade A+Busk:I didn't have any issues like other reviewers in getting this to stay closed. I did have to fight with it to get it to close, and it is a thinner style busk. BTW, the Busk is meant for getting OUT quickly not for speeding up putting the corset on. Grade B+Boning:The boning IS spiral spring steel, BUT it is very thin (as in narrow) spiral spring steel. This is why it would be bendable and plastic feeling as stated from the other reviewer's. Plastic boning doesn't have the "bumpy" feeling that this does. So YES it is spring steel, but it isn't the heavy grade wider versions used in a high end corset. The 6 steel bones it talks about are positioned well. They are very short, and are only in the back area creating a decent back line. ALL of the bones are encased securely, and appropriately used. Grade B-Lacing:The lacing holes are good enough, and sturdy. The corset laced up very well, and took the full force of a grown man pulling in the ties. The actual string for the ties were hard on the hands, but is perfect for it's application. Grade A-Over all Quality:This corset is as advertised, and makes a solid B+ to A- for ANY non-custom corset. At the price point of $31 it's a GREAT deal.FIT: C-For reference I am 5'9" tall, with broad hips and shoulders. I have a 43" bust a 36" waist, and 45" UPPER hips, 50" rump. I sound very plump, and in some regards I am. However, my shape is WIDE not thick I turn to the side in photos to appear smaller. By different definitions, I am either a perfect hourglass or slightly on the pear shape. I wear at the mall a 14/16 pant, and size Large to X-large tops depending on the stretch for my boobs. The size chart told me to order via my WAIST size or a 3X. All of my measurements were within the size 3X range. I will add that my rib cage at the part right under by boobs runs around a 36" measurement, which means I am ALL boobs up top. My "problem area" is just an all over plump issue, so most clothes fit me fine.I pulled the corset out and measured across the SMALLEST part, I found that the actual waist measurement on this was 34". That is a PERFECT 2" gap for a 36" waist, in a corset. However, for ME that means that my waist wouldn't be brought in any. I went ahead and loosened the ties and undid the busk. I put it on over a sheath dress and my bra. I will be wearing this over a shift to keep it from rubbing. Closing the busk frustrated me a lot. The thin busk material means it bends this way and that, and that caused these little things to fight me.Once it was on, I had it tightened to general comfort level. I measured it, and at that point I had a 36.5" waist. Not surprising as it was still lose and I was wearing it over a dress. My husband continued to tighten this until it was CLOSED. The waist measurement I got at that time was a 35.5 inch waist. Nice job because the dress had to be compressed to, but this would have been a small improvement. When all was said and done, I had the entire thing tightened all the way closed from waist to the very top. This gave me shelf boob, which would work for a hidden costume under layer. (IE what I wanted, but the fit of the corset was awful.) The corset back was doing this /\ (closed at top flared to bottom), not ) ( [open similar measurement all the way down]. The fit that looks like this ) ( is a good fit.Therefore, I came to the conclusion that I would try a smaller size, and see what happens at that point.

This corset is fantastic quality for the price! True to size in my case, and the fabric and stays both appear to be very sturdy and fit great in all the right spots. I would totally recommend, and will be buying more.

The fabric is sturdy and the modesty panel at the back is large enough so you don't get a gap. Very well made and expect it to last many years as it is the same quality as several I have had for a decade or more.

Agréablement surprise j’ai pris la taille XL, pour un bon 40 . Taille juste et de toute manière on peut l’ajuster ! Reçu bien avant la date prévue. De bonne qualité. Il est suffisamment long pour ne pas créer de bourlets disgracieux : pas d’effet Rôtie ficelé 😂 ! Je recommande.

Schönes Korsett mit guten schnitt. Mir passt es sehr gut ohne zu drücken und ich trage es sehr gerne. Die mitgelieferte Schnühre sind qualitativ hochwertig und gut zum festziehen. Die Schnührung ist etwas außergewöhnliche da es 2 sind eine für oben und eine für unten das ermöglicht ein einfacheres Schnüren da man sepperat schnüren und verknoten kann.Leider sind einige Fäden lose und mussten von mir selbst noch versäubert werden, da sie im sichtbereich wahren und optisch störtenWürde es jederzeit wieder kaufen

Unglaublich gut verarbeitete Korsage bei exakter Übereinstimmung der Maße mit den Maßen des Herstellers schließt die Korsage hinten vollständig. Edel. Wer mehr Zug möchte sollte eine Nummer kleiner bestellen, absolut empfehlrnswert