In May of last year I was selected to be an extra for the period feature film, "Jonah Hex". It was on that set that I got to wear an overbust corset for the first time. I'd previous worn girdles and other shapewear, but nothing like an actual corset. I quickly found that I was able to withstand being "tight-laced" with little even after a fourteen to sixteen hour shooting day. It wasn't long before I was looking for a corset of my own.

I purchased the Satin Princess cinch from Edenfantasys shortly after I wrapped on "Jonah Hex". I had been intrigued by both its price and what another reviewer had said about the quality of the item. I wasn't disappointed.

The corset itself is probably one of the best beginner's underbust corsets I've seen on the market. It has two layers of fabric, the thin satin on the outside and a layer of cotton on the inside. The inside also has roughly 1" ribbon stitch around the entire interior as waist tape. While the corset itself boasts 16 steel bones and 2 steel busks, allowing the wearer to actually cinch the corset without bunching. I've managed to pull anywhere from four to six inches off of my waist using this corset.

I maintain that this corset as a 'beginner model' because it's not meant for general wear like other corsets on the market. I've had to re-tool this corset with spring steel boning, add new grommets, and fix one of the channels after half a year of general wear. This may not seem like much, but in the Victorian era a corset was made to last a woman's lifetime. (Many of them still exist in private collections and museums all over the world.)

I've had the corset for roughly a year now and need to make additional repairs to it. However, it's still holding up fairly well for a beginner's corset that wasn't intended for as much wear and tear I've put on it. I high suggest purchasing this corset to give you an idea as to whether or not you might want to make a bigger investment in a custom corset in the future. I would also suggest looking up how to properly lace a corset and how to pull it tight as there's a very specific method and deviating from it will damage the corset.

It's a little over a year later, and even with modifications, the corset has basically died on me. I'll probably salvage what I can out of it, and throw the rest away. I'm going to purchase a replacement soon, but it won't be this corset.