Can I use my corset as a weight loss aid ?
Not exactly. What a corset WILL do for you is reduce the outside circumference of your waist. It will give you a body awareness that you don't get with anything else. This will in turn probably cause you to eat less than normal because you'll be more aware of your body. In addition, your stomach will be compressed, which makes it harder to overeat. BUT: when you remove your corset, your stomach will return to it's normal size and you'll be very hungry.

So, I buy a corset, a considerable investment - and I lose weight. What happens then ?
A corset will fit your body within 1- - 15 pounds either gain or loss, depending on your current composition. This is one of the advantages to the corset lacing up the back. We recommend that your corset have approximately 2 inches gap down the back when you receive it. That means you can reduce up to 2" and still have a snug corset (you can also gain up to 2", but we don't like to see more than a 4 inch gap in the back of any corset.)

Can you alter my corset to fit me now that I've lost 30 lbs ?
Yes, assuming that your weight loss is more or less evenly distributed because we alter the corset by removing the lacing the replacing it with a new lacing panel. This makes the corset smaller by 3" from top to bottom. This alteration costs $75.

Tell me about waist training - how much smaller can I make my waist and how fast will it happen ?
In our waist training experience it seems that each individual body has a different experience. There is no "usual" amount or speed with which it happens. The best results are achieved by moderate and frequent corset wearing.

Much better results are achieved by wearing your corset every day for a few hours than all day one day a week. Also, it's best if the corset is only comfortably snug. The body will respond much better to a gradual comfortable compression than it will to an extreme and painful experience. Please don't wear a corset that pinches or causes you to be short of breath. A well made corset will support your ribs and hips comfortably and will very gradually reduce the actual size of your natural waist.

What won't happen : you buy a corset that's 6 inches smaller than your natural waist, you wear it for a week and then take it off and miraculously have a tiny waist.

Corset training means frequent corset wearing. The way your body responds to the snugness at the waist changes gradually and you eventually are able to lace the corset more closed. When you take the corset off you see a slight reduction in your waist size, but this progress will not last without maintenance, just like a diet program. You can't expect to keep weight off without continuing to exercise and and eat sensibly and likewise your waist will not stay smaller without the corset to encourage it to be so.

Why do your corsets cost so much ?
Our corsets are stitched by highly trained seamstresses that live in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in the United States. We believe that all people deserve to be paid a living wage and to that end, have to pay for their labor by charging for it in the corset price.

The process that goes into a custom corset is very involved and has several steps. We start with measurements, draft an individual pattern, test the pattern by stitching a mock-up made of cotton poplin which is boned with spring steel and laces up the back, just like the finished corset. The mock-up is tried on our clients in our shop, or is mailed to our mail-order clients. After the mock-up has been tried on and seen by our designer in person or in photos, she corrects the pattern, making any changes she's sees necessary to achieve a perfect fit. Only then is the corset cut out of three layers; the fashion fabric, the interlining and lining. It is then stitched, boned, grommeted and laced up.

In addition to the time intensiveness of this process, we use high quality materials for each part of the process. What results is the best fitting, most durable and beautiful corset money can buy.