Ms. Kitt's Waist Secret

an inch of pinch

How is this little indent achieved?

Not actually a secret. She is wearing a corset.

I am pretty sure you can only come in at the sides like that if you have laces in the back that you can pull in for that inch of space between the bottom of the ribcage and the top of the hipbones.

Note that even the queen of stretchy shapewear has to wear a corset to get her smallest waist.

That is a plain old corset with a strong thick cotton. I believe folks in the costume shops always ask for coutil. If you look at the top lying there on the bed, you can see the inside. It has that subtle stripe of coutil.

Up close, this looks like typical costume shop fare, made well. That thick cord edging at the top is probably a cord-edging that can be pulled to fit just right every time. You could get someone to make you this on Etsy and it wouldn’t be too far off.

That brocade fabric is nice and thin. UP close it looks like fabric, but I think it does look like metal from afar. Like a cast metal corset….oooo….chastity belt-esque. Look how much the pattern disappears under the lights! Sometimes we are too afraid of patterns in theater. This kardashian/margiela/mr.galliano corset has me thinking I can get away with more than I tend…