February: TPR #2

I shorted Tightlacing Progress Report to TPR #2 : How's that for a snappy title?

I originally ordered two corsets about a year and a half ago from Timeless Trends. They're a great boutique that sells off the rack corsets for really decent prices. I'd been wearing them as decoration on and off since then. Last September I put my mind to it and wore my corset every day for two weeks. I found that I forgot about it after half an hour but became hyper aware of it around hour two. At first a couple hours made my back ache a little bit - not enough to be concerned about but it was definitely a relief to get out of it and slouch. But at the end of week two I wore my corset for a whole eight hours on a Saturday! I was really surprised to realize that when I took it off it not only didn't hurt at all but I could have worn it for a few hours more. The feeling was akin to taking my bra off at the end of the day - sometimes it's a huge relief and sometimes the difference is negligible.

I'd like to mention that the reason I could wear these corsets as both decoration and for tightlacing is because they're made with real steel boning, so they're strong enough to resist the pressure put on them as the corset is tightened. The Bones of a Corset --> rods of steel placed around the corset so that your body molds to the corsets' shape and not the other way around. I can hardly imagine they used to be made with whale bones!

Now for the check-in.

1st - 2 hrs 20 mins

3rd - 2 hrs

5th - 4 hrs 15 mins

6th - 45 mins

8th - 7 hrs 30 mins!!

28th - 4 hrs 15 mins

Ohhhhh god ... I slept in my corset for the first time this month. Feb. 8th, 11 pm to 6:30 am. I woke up with a killer stomach ache! I didn't sleep very well ... I kept waking up in the middle of the night and tossing and turning in between. However I did pull in 7 1/2 hours which is fab. I'm hoping this sleeping with it on thing gets easier quickly because it's a lot more convenient than trying to hide my corset at work or squirming in the uncomfortable work chairs. It's hard enough to sit right in those things in the first place.

February Stats:

-Longest time corset was worn: 7 1/2 hours 

(up from 1 hour and 40 mins in January)

-# days in a row corset was worn: 0 - I was super sporadic this month

(down from 6 days in a row in January)

-total time spent in corset: 16 hours and 20 mins

(Up from 5 1/2 hours in January!)

One of the funniest parts of this journey has been the realization that I prefer to read and write about corsets and tightlacing while I'm wearing a corset. Maybe because I'm quite literally bound to it? This amuses me. Besides always looking for more engaging sites on the interwebs I've also been reading "Corsets: A Modern Guide"by Velda Lauder. It's interesting but not very in depth and I'm curious as to where the author found some of her information from. The highlight is that there is a gorgeous picture every other page and they range from corset fetish models to burlesque performers, fashion catwalks, historical paintings and figures as well as famous corset wearing celebrities. These pictures are serving as fuel to up my corset wearing hours for March. :)

Stay Saucy,
Miss Scarlet