
ROMANTICORSTERY
(FOR THE
BRIDE)
By Tes Staylace
Hello all
you corset lovers! September sees the second article from Tes
Staylace on TG Forum, this time in a corset vein. I am happy to
once more join all the girls here for a monthly informational
niche. Next month, this column will once more be devoted to
petticoats and will feature Part 2 of "Skirt Training
Fundamentals." We will continue to alternate between
"Petticoat Pond" and "Tightlacing Topics"
each month (my URL for petticoats is
http://www.staylace.com)
Feel free to write me at staylace@aol.com! All e-mail will be answered.
"He grasped
her slender waist and felt the firm contours of her snugly
embraced form, the essence of her fragrances enhanced by the
knowledge that he was under her spell, and she under his. The
room swam, and began to match the pastels surrounding the
milky-white satin stays about her womanly conformation; and he
walked his manly hands toward the rear of her bodice, searching
and exploring the laces which enforced the prison of her rapture,
the barricade which, when breached, would not hold the flow of
her amour, the outpouring of her perfume."
Well, well now.
That is provocative, no? And enticing.
The corset as an
aid to romantic endeavor has been neglected for too long a time
and, while "bodice rippers" abound in modern
literature, very few, if any, are attentive to the strong,
powerful allure the corset has to heighten the sensation of
sexual tension and, ultimately, release.
Indeed, many
accounts of wedding corsets are immortalized in letters written
by the Victorian generation. The symbolism is inescapable: The
vulnerable female is protected from the conquering male by a
shell of whalebone and fabric, girded against the temptations of
the erotic by the tightness about her waist. Thus attired, she is
unable to give in to the seduction of the bridegroom without a
long and protracted period of inducement, for the shedding of the
corset is, in itself, a veritable ritual acted out in a drama of
challenge and retreat, hope and rebuke. Back and forth the
nuptial lovers parry, his inamorata playing her beguiling game
of passion, until
she is ready. And then, she allows the
first, tentative, unlacing. Just a bit! For her emotions cannot
bear to hold backand she fears that a quick undoing of her
only shield will unleash a fiery fury of ardor from which she
will never return
with which she just cannot deal!
So
slowly
it goes: The groom becomes frustrated, but loves his bride enough
to be cognizant of her torture; he is solicitous. A little
loosening here, a long, protracted kiss on her thigh
a bit
more of the lace away from the corset, a caress of her soft,
silky tresses, which only lead, once again, to her ever
floundering laces. And little by little, the preemptive deed is
done: the garment lies loose about her heavy breath, his hands
having flanked the barricades to his desire, his passion entering
the gates, as she gives to him his prize, no longer able to deny
her climax, her prize.
In a manner of
speaking, the corset acts in a obverse manner to bondage games in
which lovers sometime indulge. The submissive in a B&D
scenario can rest assured that s(he) is not responsible for the
ravishment upon hershe has little, if any, control. As a
corsetee, that same submissive knows that her control is lost
when the bondage (corset) is taken away. To further add to the
complexity, the tightness of a corset tends to engorge her pubic
area, heightening the desire to lose herself in his attention.
So, to add a
little spice to our romantic adventure, the groom lightly binds
his brides wrists together. More of the "advance and
retreat" doctrine. Certain ladies who might have some
Puritan guilt about the consummate act can then relax, feeling to
have no responsibility for what happens to them. At the same
time, then, the corset lengthens the process so she can adjust,
as well as indulge in an arousal perhaps never before felt.
Part of the joy a
woman obtains from wearing a corset under her gown is from the
look in her new husbands surprised eyes. Most men are
fascinated by this garment and, with a little urging from the
bride, will not hesitate to participate in wedding-corset ritual.
It will be a strong libido-enhancing dimension for him as well,
requiring him to hold back his impulses for a much finer finale.
The corset can
also add a special romance to the wedding ceremony itself. Gowns
underpinned with hook-and-eye long-line strapless brassieres have
an entirely different look than a gown whose foundation is firmly
anchored to an unyielding, laced corset. The lady moves
differently; she is elegant, graceful, and her feminine strength
glows far beyond the moment. She is self-confident, and a certain
mystical feeling of romance stirs within. She is the envy of all
the females in the audience, and she has a sense of being fatally
attractive to all the men present. The gown is unique, as it
spreads from her diminutive waist, and onlookers know it takes a
special lady to accommodate herself to this special look from the
past.
Potential brides
should, however, be aware that, since gown fittings require the
foundation garments to be worn, the corset would be ordered well
in advance. Many corsettieres require as much as eight weeks to
deliver your pair of stays. In this case, a personal fitting
should be considered, so the corsetierre can make recommendations
based upon the style of the gown (a picture of which should be
provided). If this is not possible, extreme care should be taken
to furnish proper measurements, using the chart any professional
corsetierre will provide for its customers.
That
once-in-a-lifetime event should harbor no
inhibitionsfashion-wise and, certainly romance-wise.
"A tiny
waist is a wonder to behold--exotic artistry of the female
form!"
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