Real Stories - Predominant 2011, Issue 2

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Since the construction of the corsets束腰 — a stiff garment that squeezes the waist consisted of almost nothing beyond cutting the leather parts and inserting the eyelet’s, it took less than a week for them to be finished. When their maker delivered them, I was at first a bit disappointed by the plainly wrapped package, a simple tube that he handed to me. That changed immediately after it was unwrapped. Now I could see the reason for the long cylindrical shape. He had already threaded the laces loosely into the corsets束腰 — a stiff garment that squeezes the waist and then placed one inside another before he wrapped them. Now he stood them up beside each other on my writing desk and with obvious pride let me admire his work.

I have to admit that I was very impressed . Six shiny black leather cylinders stood in front of me, two pairs for my upper and lower arms and another bigger pair for my thighs. They were carefully set up so that on the front side I could see that the strong laces of unbreakable nylon were still loose, but nevertheless were threaded smoothly and evenly through the closely spaced eyelets.

While I was looking at these leather lacing devices I involuntarily started to anticipate what effect they would later have on me. A thrill ran down my spine and settled pleasantly in my abdomen.