I had to wear one for a play. The first couple of days it felt like I wasn't getting circulation to my arms or legs. But whatever floats your boat!

Haha, I got pregnant from one of those (seriously)

9 out of 10 Logrus agree, corsets are hot.

I'm with you on this. I like corsets, and I'm also bigger girl.

I wouldn't want to wear one everyday (and I'm very thankful that I don't have to), but I think they can be fun and sexy. I like all lingerie though. I wear it because it makes me feel sexy and fun and a little more adventurous then normal. It's also something that I brought into bedroom with no pressure/ideas from my boyfriend.

I, too, like corsets, and am about the same size as you. I've thought about it more lately, because I'm trying to decide if I want to use one for my wedding dress. (BTW, my dress will be blood red, and almost every part of my wedding will be non-trad, so it's not that I feel I need to look like a "perfect princess" for others.) I occasionally like the feeling of a corset, like I'm playing dress-up, or in some period film in an old English manor.

I've been thinking of it like some of those on the other (Spanx) thread have been--that doing something (especially something as relatively trivial as wearing a particular piece of clothing) while thinking about and understanding the implications of its historical or cultural significance is not unfeminist. I think the very fact that we're thinking about what it means, and whether we are being unfeminist, signifies that we probably aren't letting it control our lives or make us feel like we should be wearing corsets (or skirts, or makeup, or Spanx, or whatever) all the time in order to be attractive/feminine/desirable/"real" women.

I like corsets, but I only have the nontraditional ones. They fit me, not too tight, just a perfect fit. So I don't get the circulatory problems that someone who wears them for the slimming effect might.

I suppose with the ones I have you can choose to cinch them more but I don't. See, I like comfort and sexy.

I also only really wear them for theme stuff. Rocky Horror, Halloween, dressing flamboyant isn't every day for me.

I think corsets are gorgeous! As long as you can breathe in them-- it's all good. *Especially* if you're using them for BDSM play. ;) Feminists can be sexy too.

I love corsets. I don't have any proper ones, mainly corset-style shirts including one with rods, but I like how they make me feel.

I love the look of corsets- but not on me. I tried one on at a Renaissance Fair and I looked like I had taken a trip to the land of Gumby. Totally unfair.

I have a steel-boned victorian underbust corset from Trashy Diva in New Orleans :) It is gorgeous and fun and really comfortable, actually -- I've always found corsets really comforting in a weird way, like walking around in a constant state of being hugged or something. I'm vaguely interested in the arguments about how to interpret things like corsets in a feminist context, but in an immediate and personal sort of sense, I don't worry about it -- these days I am pretty confident that I am doing things simply because I like them and I freely make that choice, and free choice is really what feminism is about for me.

idiolect - You're making me jealous ;_; How much was it? I so badly want a new one but so totally don't have the 300-400 bucks to shell out. I'm also willing to order online, as long as the fitter will work with me.

Yeah... it was about $300 *flinch* I had been wanting one for years, and had saved up a bunch of money that I decided to spend while I was in NOLA for the summer a couple years ago. Seriously, if any of you are so lucky as to be interested in a mindbogglingly lovely way to blow some cash, go to New Orleans and spend all your money on local businesses. You won't be disappointed.

P.S. I've heard that Leg Avenue corsets are actually pretty decent in the

Wow, that's weird? I was trying to say that I've heard that Leg Avenue makes decent

Oh, man, I get it. D'oh. Leg Avenue makes decent LESS THAN $100 corsets. Just be sure to get the kind with metal boning in them, not the silly plastic fake kind.