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[kaberett]

So I have spent Several Years being utterly perplexed at the idea that it's impossible to put a corset on without help from a second person.

It has literally only just occurred to me that my complete bafflement on the topic might be because my shoulders are hypermobile.

Is-- is that it? Is that why there's this bizarre incomprehensible cultural meme that the only way you can possibly put a corset on solo is with the aid of a coathanger and a doorknob? ENLIGHTEN ME, INTERNET.

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[naath]

I have a variety of not-corsets (mostly 16th century stuff) that lace, and the sort with just a back lace are impossible for me to manage alone, side lacing I can just about do but it HURTS and frustrates so I usually use a veeeeeeeeeeeery long lace that I leave in (like srsly, 10' or so) then I can wiggle in and out and then tug it tight which is frustrating, but less so (some people are more wiggly than me too, I have wide hips and shoulders compared to my waist, which doesn't help, and I'm not very flexible). Of course front lacing is massively easier to do alone, which is why back-laced gowns are a sign of status...