A fetish centered on corsets, whether that means the garment itself, the act of tight-lacing, or the visual and physical sensation of a cinched waist. For some people the appeal is purely aesthetic, while for others it involves the restriction, pressure, or the ritual of lacing and unlacing.
Corsets carry a long history of both fashion and fetish, and many enthusiasts are drawn to the transformation of the body's silhouette or the sensation of being bound at the waist. In practice it often overlaps with tight-lacing communities, vintage and gothic aesthetics, and power-exchange dynamics where lacing becomes a form of controlled restriction.
Worth knowing: Corsets that compress the torso can restrict breathing and affect circulation or digestion, so fit, lacing tension, and time worn should be built up gradually and any dizziness or numbness taken as a signal to loosen or remove the garment.
Also called: tight-lacing, waist training, corsetry fetish, tightlacing, corset bondage, Victorian corset fetish, steel-boned corsets
