Gender used to be clearly defined. There were men and there were women. Despite that, there have always been people who fall into one category but lean toward the other. Historically, these people have been stigmatized and have had to hide their leanings for fear of being ridiculed, ostracized, and generally treated as second-class citizens. […]
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but corsets are her secret weapon. Of course, it’s always good to have a few different weapons in your arsenal, especially when it comes to controlling the shape of your body and whittling your waist line. Whether you like to hide your corsets under clothing or they’ve become […]
Most women understand the concept of suffering for beauty. Why else would we wear stiletto heels that give us bunions, submit to horrific facial treatments like chemical peels and micro-needling, and spend hours torturing ourselves at the gym when we could be bingeing the new season of Killing Eve instead? Don’t think the price of […]
There are definitely women in the world who don’t need any help when it comes to looking perfectly trim and toit, even in body-con dresses. Most of them are twenty and starving. Okay, okay, that’s a bit of a stereotype – plenty of women are blessed with naturally slim and trim physiques. The truth, however, […]
Being a woman in today’s world of advertising, airbrushing, and unrealistic expectations can be understandably frustrating. Whether you’re a woman with curves, an athletic figure, or a few extra pounds, chances are there’s something about your body you want to change. Some of the feminine characteristics we lust after are simply unattainable. As comedian Maya […]
In the world of corsetry, “waspies” do not refer to women who wear sweater sets and pearls, who ooze etiquette from every pore, and whose old-money sensibilities cause them to sprinkle every altruism with a heaping dose of condescension. In other words, we’re not talking about the type of WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) that can […]
