Real Stories - Predominant 2011, Issue 2

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That was all the incentive that I needed to make me immediately try on the total-body corsetry, just as I had conceived it. So I took out my splendid knee boots and put them onto the table together with the thigh corsets束腰 — a stiff garment that squeezes the waist. I added also one of my highest stiff leather collars项圈 — a band worn around the neck which I wear as a complement to a tightly laced corset束腰 — a stiff garment that squeezes the waist for my waist, and finally a pair of new kid gloves so tight that they are ready to split.

While I was looking at these exciting tight-lacing devices I became so fascinated by them that at that moment I was simply overwhelmed by a growing desire to try them on immediately. My corsetiere was still there, and he could help me, because I simply couldn't lace myself, especially my arms, once the numbness set in.

So I explained my intentions and the associated difficulties to him and urged him strongly to help me with the lacing. Just as I expected, he agreed without a second thought, thus showing only too clearly how extremely interested he was, something I could understand. In order to prepare him for this fatiguing work and to help him pass the time which I would need in order to put on the heavy makeup to go with my bizarre costume, I gave him a large glass filled to the brim with my best Bourbon.