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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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[ewt]

I think it depends on the corset. I can tighten a corset without help, and I know the necessary lacing configuration to do that, but I need to actually lace it before it goes on.

But then -- my shoulders are moderately hypermobile, if stiffer than they used to be.