Satin princess cinch - sexy lingerie by Leg Avenue - review by Red

The Satin Princess Cinch is fully boned with stainless steel, and it's REAL boning – not the rather unfortunate clothes hanger type boning one sees in “corsets” in popular clothing stores. The boning is done in doubles, with each bone being approximately a centimeter in width, making the overall boning width of about two centimeters/one inch, with a strong seam along the midsection of the boning (as well as on the outside of the boning, of course) to increase the strength and robustness of the cincher over all. I quite like this design element; all corsets I have worn in the past feature single bones, which will eventually bow due to the fact that they are so slender and easily mold to the body's shape. Bones with a width over a centimeter would be way too rigid to wrap correctly around the waist – this cincher manages to provide thick bones that have flexibility. After a handful of wearings for at least four hours at a time, I have noted no bowing or bending of the bones, and no unraveling of the seams that hold them in place. In short, this cincher is boned extremely well.

The cincher laces up at the back via standard metal eyelets anchored between two thin bones. This is a smart way of anchoring the eyelets, as they take the lions share of the strain during lacing, and are typically one of the first places that a corset starts to degrade. Again, through repeated wearings I have seen no fraying of slippage of the eyelets. The lacing is done with a very simple black polyester cord, reminiscent of a shoelace. It is very strong, but it slips easily through the eyelets, making it a tad difficult to lace-up solo, but reducing any friction based fraying of the cord.

The front of the cincher does up via a standard metal busk (called “hook and eye” in its properties on Eden Fantasys). The busk is doubled up with a single bone, emulating the other boning all over the corset, and being awesome for the reasons I've outlined above. The busk shows no bending or bowing from my wearings, which is something I've noted with other corsets I've worn in the past, so it appears to be high quality as well. Busks are for doing up and releasing a cincher, but are not meant to be done-up/released at laced up tightness. Whenever possible, it's important to loosen the laces at the back before releasing the busk – but the busk will also allow you to get out quick if you really need it – perhaps after an exceptionally big meal or a moment of unbridled lust?

The cincher is made of shiny black satin that is lined with some sort of artificial fleecy material. It feels very nice against your skin, and it really pops with shine when worn as an outer garment. There is a simple flap of the fleecy material that can lie beneath the lacing to hide any “back-phat-cleavage” resulting from a tight lacing, and the busk is lined with a small additional flap of satin that provides a black backdrop for the ever-so-tiny gap between the hooks and eyes of the busk. These are both nice touches, especially if you plan to wear this undergarment as an outer garment. The lacing flap can be very very easily removed, trimmed back or just folded back if one wishes to show some back cleavage.

Size wise, the Leg Avenues size chart tells me I should be in a medium, large, or extra large (thanks, right?), which is a standard issue I have as I am pretty curvy with a very small waist for my bust and (particularly) hip size. I am generally best described as a “Size 10” or “Medium” when I buy clothes, but it varies a hell of a lot, which is why I tend to avoid buying clothes on line. This cincher only really sits around your waist, so when looking at the size chart I recommend ignoring the bust and hip measurements and focusing on the waist measurement. And because this is a cincher, if you find yourself deciding between two sizes, go with the smaller. I think corsets look way sexier with wide lacing than they do laced to their max. My waist size is 28 inches or so, but I opted to go with Medium and I am so glad I did. I can cinch it down pretty darn tight, and it actually looks like it could be potentially too big if I were to drop ten or fifteen pounds. Which I won't be doing anytime soon, because honestly – who needs to diet when you have a corset?