So How Do Men Differ from Women as Corset Clients and Students?

Whether you are a ‘manly-man’ or a transgendered MTF, there are a few special concerns related to your body size and musculature that affect the corset you might order. It’s undeniable that compared to genetic women, men generally have more and stronger musculature than women, a shorter distance between the bottom floating rib (or ribs) and [...]

Three New Services to Help You Waist Train at Home

We’ve been asked so many questions about “how to” this or that aspect of waist training, that we recently reorganized, indexed, and expanded our FAQ page to be much more helpful by making the wealth of information there more readily accessible:  http://www.romantasyweb.com/cyboutique/faq.html
I also designed and just launched three waist-training Plans that may assist you train on your [...]

Corsets from Paris

A friend sent me an e-article from The Sydney Morning Herald on May 17, 2008, revealing that a private fitting appointment with the House of Cadolle, a well known corsetiere in Paris: I lack the time and four-figure sums for a fitting at the House of Cadolle’s appointment-only couture lingerie salon, costs a four-figure sum. [...]

Post from early spring 2008: No, It Doesn’t Have to Take Years to Waist Train

I was surfing various corset comments and videos on YouTube today, excitedly waiting for our first ROMANTASY slide show (“Mood Indigo”) to pop up, when I heard a young woman speak about starting waist training and her “research” on the topic. It’s a popular topic today, as are the $100 corsets she touted as “great” for her [...]

Musing about Corset Prices

Musing again about clients and their reaction to corset prices, I realized that folks either like to pay enormous amounts for “brand” label “haute couture” corsets (just learned from a NYC designer with whom I was e-chatting, that one cannot use “haute” unless one makes fashions in Paris! A-hem! We are well advised now…), or they like [...]

Powerful Food Industries, and What They Push

I ran across the 2006 book “What to Eat” by Marion Nestle. She makes a lot of sense when it comes to nutrition, at least from what I read from her book blurb. She points her finger right at one major problem for those of us who want to eat well and live long.
“This conflict [...]

Sucralose by any other name, is it lethal?

I was caught off guard by an article published on the internet in May, 2005, and sent to me by my current waist-training student. The article contained comments by James Bowen, M.D., about sucralose, and the brand name we know as Splenda. I might even say, the brand name I know and love….errrr….until recently. Now [...]

Can We Talk? (About Some Delicate Matters)

Can we talk? One of my clients recently pressed me to comment a bit about some more delicate matters concerning elimination and the wearing of corsets, especially as foundation and waist-training garments. I address these matters in more depth in my book, Corset Magic, but let me summarize some relevant considerations.
She also well may be [...]

Corset as Sexual, Not Health, Symbol

Recently I’ve corresponded with a potential new corset client, a delightful, curvy lady aged 68 who is pursuing competitive ballroom dancing despite having suffered a ruptured disc some years ago. She loves dancing, and in her costumed photos looks immensely pleased with herself, as well she should. She came to me because one of her instructors suggested [...]

The “Perfect” Pill Solution to Obesity?

I was reminded by yesterday’s news that there’s a constant partner lurking in the background to work hand-in-hand with this year’s recession to defeat waist-training with corsetry–medicine!  Doctors take an oath to “first, do no harm,” but what’s their definition of “harm?”
Did you hear about the drugs discovered at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La [...]