It Girl How To: How to Properly Lace Up a Corset..

Step 1. Place the corset flat on a table. Start the lace from the inside. Slip it through the top eyelets of the corset. Pull the lace through so that the horizontal lace is on the inside of the corset. Make sure the two ends of the lace are even.

Step 2. Take the lace on the left side and cross it over to the right. Slip it into the eyelet. Make sure that the lace that crosses over forms a line that stays outside of the corset. Repeat this on the right lace. The secret is to form an "X" with the laces on the same side that the lace originated from.

Step 3. Now the laces are on the inside of the corset. Take the lace on the right side and cross it over to the left side. Pull the lace through the eyelet. Repeat on the left lace. This will form an "X" on the inside. The laces are on the outside now.

Step 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you reach the waistline of the corset. This is where the puller-loop is created. The puller-loop is the loop of lace that you pull on to draw in the corset.The puller-loop MUST be on the outside.

Step 5. Take the left lace and slip it through the next eyelet down on the left side. This creates a loop on the outside of the corset. The remaining lace should now be on the inside. Now for the right side, take the right lace and slip it through the next eyelet down on the right side. The remaining lace should be on the inside.

Step 6. Now slip the left lace through the next eyelet on the right side. . Take the right lace and cross it over to the left side. This will form an "X" on the inside of the corset. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you reach the bottom. Adjust the slack in the laces so that you have around four to five inches of slack between the two sides.

Step 7. Tie off the bottom lace like you would your shoe. See the "X's"? Notice that the corset is completely closed with no gaps between the sides. Now your corset laces are ready for tight lacing! Just make sure that there is about four to five inches of slack between the laces before you try it on to make it easier to get in.

Voila! your laced! (Steps are from waspcreations.com)

The Lingerie Palaces of L.A...Freddies of Hollywood & Trashy Land.

These are the two coolest lingerie stores ever!Their way more exciting than Victoria's Secret. Freddies and Trashy offer a wide selection of not only lingerie items but shoes, clothes,& costumes. Trashy's actually designs custom made outfits for the stars like Madonna and Christina Aguilera. Trashy Lingerie has a huge celebrity customer clientele too. Anna Nicole Smith shopped at Trashy and the Playboy bunnies shop there as well as Pamela Anderson, Winona Ryder, Elizabeth Berkley, Demi Moore, Brigette Nielson, Julia Roberts, Goldie Hawn, Sharon Stone,and Heather Locklear.The whole outside of The Trashy Lingerie store is painted pink! Thats why I love it! I want the whole outside of my store to be painted pink too someday. Fredericks of Hollywood is cool too. They have a great selection of corsets to choose from. The Corset on the left is from Trashy Lingerie as well as the shoe on top.

Ways to wear the Corset: From It Girl Goth Chick to Sex Bomb Working Girl

Theres more than one way to sport the ultimate sexy accessory. It seams that whenever I am looking for a corset or bustier all I can find are the lingerie ones. I get so frustrated sometimes because theres more than one occasion that we all should be wearing our corsets or waist cinchers. Not only for costume and Lingerie reasons but why not wear one to work with a pencil skirt and button up jacket like Jayne Mansfield only without the big hat(l0l) that would be a perfect look to wear to work. Or if your going to a club or to a rock concert borrow from Underworld and wear some boots and a leather corselette or corset with some leather pants or plain jeans. That would look awesome!Maybe for that special night when you need to dress up you could make yourself an evening wear bustier, or even for summer make yourself a cute gingham bustier, or denim. The possibilities are endless!!Even a corset belt would give you an edge to your look. Give em a try!

Scarlett’s Wedding Night:

It Girls, Let’s Face it, we all want to be Scarlett in some way! Why Not really do it. What better occasion to look like Scarlett in this pic than for your wedding? Or even prom for that matter! This famous scene of Scarlett getting laced up would be perfect for Bridal lingerie. Instead of that tacky cheap Victoria’s Secret G String and Wonder Bra, Why Not wear something like this under your wedding gown. A simple corselet or corset, a chemise, and a Bridal Petticoat like this one! It’s perfect it’s not too puffy, it would be easy to move around in, and then when you (or your man) takes your gown off on the wedding night you’ll look great! And then he can unpeel the layers. It won’t just be a G-string and push up bra. That look is so out! Scarlett’s back!

Hair & Makeup: Doesn’t her hair look beautiful here? It’s set in beautiful pin curls and just cascades down her shoulders like a goddess. Her makeup is beautiful too. Notice that Scarlett isn’t tan, and she’s gorgeous! You don’t have to be tan to be sexy, girls. If you don’t have a tan it doesn’t mean you look like Casper, I don’t know who invented that saying but obviesouly that person has no idea what their talking about! They’ve never seen Scarlett! How come we don’t wear hair like this on our wedding day? Or prom? Why do we keep on looking like clowns with bright pink lip gloss & heavy blue & green eye shadow, yuck! Natural looking makeup and these adorable curls would do the trick for your wedding or prom and it’s a cheap and easy way to save money instead of going to the salon and dropping all that $.It Girls, Take that extra $ and buy yourself some diamonds. You deserve it!

Here are some ideas for Scarlett’s wedding Night:

If you decide to make your Scarlett’s wedding night try making it out of real antique fabrics like antique silk brocade, this can be your something old! If you need a pattern there are vintage and antique pattern websites where you could find either a petticoat pattern or a corset pattern, otherwise McCall’s, Vogue, & Butterick have just fine corset patterns. Add some antique lace to your bridal veil as well, or trim your petticoat and corset with some it will truly make a difference in the way it looks. If you do not decide to make your Scarlett’s wedding night and buy it instead there are antique clothing dealers on the web that sell fabulous Scarlett Lingerie for great prices. One of my favorite stores is an ebay store with great antique lingerie, The Goddess of Vintage. Check it out at www.stores.ebay.com/THE-GODDESS-OF-VINTAGE/

Most Expensive Antique Laces Less Expensive but still gorgeous!

Point de gaze lace Embroidered net

Insertion Lace

Brussels Lace Chantilly Lace

Tambour Lace Civil War Blonde Lace

Duchess Lace