Tightlacing is the practice of corsetry taken to an extreme, the goal being to achieve a very narrow corseted waist. Reduction to 15" or below is very rarely achieved.
To achieve such a narrow corseted waist requires the wearing of a corset practically full-time, and the individual's body will in general be permanently altered by the practice, though this may not involve any ill effects to health.
See also: body modification and Corset training
List of well-known Tightlacers:
- Lillie Langtry c. 1890
- Polaire about 1914, 13" or 14"
- Ethel Granger about 1930-50, 13"
- Spook 2003, 14" http://www.staylace.com/pinups/spook/index.html
- Sylphide 2002 15"
- Kathy Jungs http://www.staylace.com/gallery/gallery15/kathyjungsilvercorset/