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Nope! If your natural waist is a 32", you'll DEFINITELY want a smaller one! (Always errr on the side of small...it should never be loose and if it's all the way closed from the get-go....you need a smaller one! Yes, I AM telling you that you SHOULD have a reasonable (about the width of your 4 fingers....like if you were holding your fingers up....that direction, lol) gap in the back!) Now, assuming you have a fairly normal body-structure and what-not, how you'd normally figure this out on your own is by first understanding how much the corset is meant to reduce you by, for most (and this one is 5-6), you'll easily get 4-6 inches. Sooo, you can subtract 5-6" from your natural waist (Which you should measure at the smallest point of your midsection, basically.). Now, this is method works great for OTR (off the rack) corsets (like the one I have up there). Now, I will say- that the squishier you are, the more of a reduction you can achieve with relative ease. So, say, cinching an additional 2" is very trying for a tiny-waisted girl, an additional 2" can be like nothin' to a squishier gal! For example- I had a gal come into my shop with a waist size (and this was a TIGHT waist size! We squeezed our clients to figure out their squishiness and approximate size, lol-it's an art) of 46...so I'm guessing her un-squeezed measurement was around 50". So...subtract 6 from 50...44, right? Wrong! In a steel boned underbust, this woman fit wonderfully into a 36. She just kept disappearing! lol. But unless you're fairly large (with of it being tummy) you shouldn't face that big of a problem/size differentiation.
Also- in an underbust you can reduce more. Why? Because you don't have to worry about the boobies getting squished to death. ('cause 4-boob ain't cute on no one). BUT most people like the look of an overbust and how you can wear it out with nothing else (Plus it's your bra!) I like to sleep in my underbusts for optimal training, but often I'll wear an overbust out in public because it's simpler ('cause I wear them as a top- not hidden). But if you're not looking for intense waist training stuff, this paragraph means nothing to you lol. Most people buy and love an overbust and wear it out on occasion =p I realize I'm a freak of nature lol.
I think from the sounds I heard from the garage today my hubby is making me a short corset for Christmas. I could hear the sound of him hammering metal grommets into place, lol. He does 19th century tailoring so I'm always excited when he decides to make something for me. I think he was having some trouble with the bust though since he knows I want a Frankenstein short corset/nursing corset. It will be an interesting Christmas morning in front of the family.
That's so sweet!
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