Thanks Lucy!! I have a new corset coming and I was dreading the lacing part of it! but now I will not panic! LOL! You are a DOLL! Suzie in London xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh my goodness, this video absolutely SAVED me when my corset arrived, and I was so excited, then I unwrapped it and realized it came unlaced D: But thanks to this I can wear it, thank you so much :D
Thank you! Finally someone who slowed down and properly explained how to lace up a corset! I watched countless videos and none were very clear about how to get the bunny ears. Thank you! Awesome job!
I always come back to this tutorial when I get a new corset! 5 corsets later it has helped me SO MUCH! I absolutely love your channel and always recommend it to everyone that wants to start getting into wearing corsets. 💜
So very grateful you did this video. Got my first corset today. Instead of it being 1 long ribbon, it came laced like you would a pair of shoes with 2 long shoe strings. I watched your video and did it the right way and now it closes up the way it should. Thank you so very much.
Thank you so much one of my friends gave me my first corset a few days but the string wasn't all the way right, this video was the most helpful out of all the ones I looked at. Its nothing like tying a shoe thank you so much
did not think that the lacing mattered, or would change the comfort level of my corset so i tried it just to see and my corset is much more comfortable and also fits better, thank you
Thank you so much for your videos. Not only are they informative but they are detailed, in focus and you fast forward at the perfect time. ;-) The music is great too!
I bought a corset about 2 years ago, I wore it about times because it took too long to put on. I found it so hard to tighten the lace and the corset was so uncomfortable. I was using the bow on the bottom method and using my door knob to help me. This would cause the corset to shift lower on my body. So I had problems sitting, the peak in the front was pushing out and the corset was pinching me in places. After I watched your video it makes everything so much easier. I tightened it up in about a min, I can sit,I get no pinching and it is tighter than ever so no peaking. I should probable spend more time and tighten it more, but for now I am very happy with the result. Thank you very much for posting these videos.
I love your vids so much. You describe everything so simply and that's perfect for beginners like me. I'm anxiously awaiting delivery of my very first corset and will be much more prepared thanks to you!
Thank you very much for this video. My sister and other family members are in the theater and didn't know how to lace their corsets this way. Very helpful
I will search your videos when I have some time. I have seen corsets where the laces when tied are constructed into architectural wonders, but have never been able to find out how to do this. Fingers crossed.
This video has done wonders for me, I had SO MUCH trouble trying to lace my corset comfortably; I felt like I was suffocating, the back panels were way too far apart at the top, it was just a mess. Now it fits perfectly, and I can breathe! xD
Awesome. I just ordered a corset from OC and the laces that came with it were weird so I switched them out with laces from another corset I had and this video made it sooooo easy.
This was fabulous! I was so confused with the directions that came wihpth my corset. Of course you tube is magic! This was great, just wish you would have shown your corset on at the end. But thanks so much !
Thank You for your clear, helpful, and informative video! I have begun to watch your other other corset videos and enjoying very much. I agree that garments of any type are not/ought not be sexist! We need only look back into history to see that both sexes have worn all sorts of beautiful garments to adorn/clothe/protect/enhance their bodies. Thank You! Enjoy
@bishonenrancher your welcome. i think i'll just get mine from timeless trends. i really like the styles and they come in my waist size. i also decided to wait tell i loose a bit more weight, that way i won't spend $100 plus dollars on something that will most likely be too large in 2 months time. :D thank you for all your videos. i am paying close attention. PS a friend bought an ebay one and it broke 3 days later FAIL! i warned her though :( so i tried lol THANK YOU!!!
This is exactly the information I was looking for! Thank you! I have an extra grommet on one side of my corset, do I lace it the same way and just ignore that one?
thanks I had to re-lace one I bought BC the ribbon was to short and this helped me alot with the replacement lace and in not having to resell or give away my corset
This is recommended for waist training corsets as well? I'm trying to find out for my girlfriend, she is not certain she is tying it the proper way. Much appropriated for a reply, thank you
When you order a corset what is the standard way they are laced when you recieve them? i only ask because you have mentioned in several videos the need to re-lace your corsets because they weren't how you liked them. Thanks Lucy!
Hi Very good video, and very easy to follow, i have several corsets, i tried the round permacord, but it curls too much, the flat is better. followed the over under over under, but one of my corsets starts out as first under, then under, under, under etc. and still works , So,,,, what is the difference ... thanks
I've seen you show the ex at the ears. I get how that gives an extra cinch at the waist. does this also lock in the tightness of the laces? that's important and there is a way to do it. I have of course it that as you pull it tighter and let go it doesn't undo what you just pulled tight
Definitely helped me. I am fixing the corset I sewed last year to fit me better now. It only has laces and grommets. Where can I buy the Busk for the front?
I love all your videos they're so helpful, but my one question is what can I do with the extra lace when my corset it fully closed? Can I wrap in around my waist to hide it or can I cut it? Thank you so much
I have a video on hiding corset laces here: czcams.com/video/Lutao5cX3Z4/video.html I don't recommend wrapping it around the waist, I've seen pictures of corsets that had the fashion fabric wear away from the friction of tying laces tightly around the waist. If the laces are way too long, you can trim them (RandomCorset has a video on her channel on how to do that) but avoid cutting them too short - remember that you need to loosen the laces every time you get into and out of your corset.
Hi great video I have corset that the panel needs to be laced is it possible if you can do a video on that ? Do you have any video where the panel has to be laced aswell
I wish I had known that my Timeless Trends corset would come with one sided ribbon not the traditional laces when I bought it. It seems both your site and TT are sold out of black laces. 😢
Can this be laced the same in the front? My husband bought me an under bust corse that laces in the front and back. I'm barely learning so anyone's help would be great! :)
Great tutorial! What if your corset laces both in the front and the back, though? When I got my corset (an overbust bought off the rack), the ladies that sold it to me showed me how to lace it, and gave me instructions, but I lost them! I've never completely unlaced the back, and it was done with the bunny ears style, but my fiance pulled the laces completely out of the front the last time I wore it (I wasn't feeling well, and when we got home, I just wanted to get out of it quickly, and I didn't think to stop him before he pulled them out). The laces in the front are clearly considerably shorter than the ones in the back, and while I never saw the front laced up (the ladies at the shop laced me in from the back, and told me the easiest way to get in and out was to keep the back laced and tighten it from the front - I'm very, VERY new to corseting!), it seemed to be laced from the top all the way down to the bottom, and the ties were at the bottom. It also has ties on the side over my hips, which they said could be loosened for mobility. I want to relace the front of the corset so I can wear it again, but I don't want to do it wrong!
If your corset originally had the front lacing with the bow at the very bottom, then most likely it didn't have bunny ears but was simply laced with the center of the lacing at the very top, and the two ends out the very bottom. There is nothing wrong with lacing it that way. :) Just keep lacing criss-cross all the way down the corset, not stopping to loop the bunny ears at the waistline. You can see my video here which shows how to tighten your corset without the pulls at the waistline. On my corset it's in the back, but you can use the same technique for the front: Self-Lacing a Corset Without "Bunny Ears"
You need much more than 5-7 feet of lacing for corsets! 5 meters is about the minimum. For high back, longline or overbust corsets it’s better to go with 8 meters.
request for future tutorials and can you use someone that's a little bit more curlier so you know when they go to try it on I can get one it's supposed to really look like come and get her for me
Hi Lucy! I love your videos! I actually linked this video (in the desc) as a reference in my most recent video, I hope that's okay :) Thanks for the help! Amy x
+Lucy's Corsetry, can I start this lacing technique from the bottom of my corset and work up with the knot being made at the top of the corset? Someone told me that would make tightening and manoeuvring my corset easier. Is this true? Does it make a difference whether you start from very bottom or very top? Thanks so much!
+sarahjuliana17 It doesn't make a difference whether you start from the bottom or from the top. Because you tie the two ends together when you're finished, it makes a continuous loop. :)
So my corset is laced in this fashion but the knot at the bottom is crooked and my bunny ears are uneven what is the best way to fix that? I'm having a hard time breaking it in because of it.
Scarlett RavenFX - the lacing should work the same way, it just means that it will probably have fewer "X"s in the back. Still locate the waistline (where the waist tape should be) and this is where the bunny ears should be positioned. Then count upwards so you know whether to start "under" or "over".
You will not ruin it. 🙂 There are half a dozen different ways you can lace your corset and you are free to switch it up anytime to a style that best helps you lace up on your own!
This made my previously uncomfortable corset very comfortable for some reason. Thanks!
+beanparadox I'm glad it helped! :)
Just got my first corset today and it wasn’t laced. But this video was very helpful to me. Thank you so much 🤗😊
I searched and searched for videos to help me that actually make sense, this was the one! Thank you so much for the help :)
Thanks Lucy!! I have a new corset coming and I was dreading the lacing part of it! but now I will not panic! LOL!
You are a DOLL!
Suzie in London
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh my goodness, this video absolutely SAVED me when my corset arrived, and I was so excited, then I unwrapped it and realized it came unlaced D: But thanks to this I can wear it, thank you so much :D
Thank you! Finally someone who slowed down and properly explained how to lace up a corset! I watched countless videos and none were very clear about how to get the bunny ears. Thank you! Awesome job!
Yay, I’m glad it helped!
Love your comment about taking time to make sure flat laces are not twisted. Little details often make such a big difference in the overall look.
I always come back to this tutorial when I get a new corset! 5 corsets later it has helped me SO MUCH! I absolutely love your channel and always recommend it to everyone that wants to start getting into wearing corsets. 💜
U should see my crossdressing video with my corset
So very grateful you did this video. Got my first corset today. Instead of it being 1 long ribbon, it came laced like you would a pair of shoes with 2 long shoe strings. I watched your video and did it the right way and now it closes up the way it should. Thank you so very much.
as a beginning corset wearer I found your video the most helpful! Thank you! I am a new subscriber!
Thanks so much I searched on how to lace my corset for an hour :) this was perfect
Thank you so much one of my friends gave me my first corset a few days but the string wasn't all the way right, this video was the most helpful out of all the ones I looked at. Its nothing like tying a shoe thank you so much
I just came back to this video and it was so helpful, thank you!💓
did not think that the lacing mattered, or would change the comfort level of my corset so i tried it just to see and my corset is much more comfortable and also fits better, thank you
Thank you: it was most comforting to be able to follow along and replicate what you were doing. It made more sense than pictures for some reason :}
Thank you so much for your videos. Not only are they informative but they are detailed, in focus and you fast forward at the perfect time. ;-) The music is great too!
I bought a corset about 2 years ago, I wore it about times because it took too long to put on. I found it so hard to tighten the lace and the corset was so uncomfortable. I was using the bow on the bottom method and using my door knob to help me. This would cause the corset to shift lower on my body. So I had problems sitting, the peak in the front was pushing out and the corset was pinching me in places. After I watched your video it makes everything so much easier. I tightened it up in about a min, I can sit,I get no pinching and it is tighter than ever so no peaking. I should probable spend more time and tighten it more, but for now I am very happy with the result. Thank you very much for posting these videos.
I love your vids so much. You describe everything so simply and that's perfect for beginners like me. I'm anxiously awaiting delivery of my very first corset and will be much more prepared thanks to you!
This helped soooooo much. I just grabbed my corset and followed along, pausing the video when needed. Thank you!!
Thank you so much! This video has been a HUGE help after I needed to take apart my corset, I couldn't think of how to lace it back up.
Best straight to the point video ❤💘💞💖💗
Thanks for this! I was able to change the laces on my corset, which had come pre-laced thanks to your easy to follow video! I appreciate it thanks 😊
This has helped so much, thank you
Thank you very much for this video. My sister and other family members are in the theater and didn't know how to lace their corsets this way. Very helpful
I will search your videos when I have some time. I have seen corsets where the laces when tied are constructed into architectural wonders, but have never been able to find out how to do this. Fingers crossed.
Thanks so much! This really helped me! The corset came with instructions on how to do this, but I really needed to see it.
This video has done wonders for me, I had SO MUCH trouble trying to lace my corset comfortably; I felt like I was suffocating, the back panels were way too far apart at the top, it was just a mess. Now it fits perfectly, and I can breathe! xD
I'm so glad the tutorial helped! ^_^
best video ever. literally saved me
Awesome. I just ordered a corset from OC and the laces that came with it were weird so I switched them out with laces from another corset I had and this video made it sooooo easy.
This was fabulous! I was so confused with the directions that came wihpth my corset. Of course you tube is magic! This was great, just wish you would have shown your corset on at the end. But thanks so much !
Thank you for your video. I just couldn't comprehend the written instructions that came with the corset.
Now I finally understand the lacing process! Thank you!!!
Thank You for your clear, helpful, and informative video! I have begun to watch your other other corset videos and enjoying very much. I agree that garments of any type are not/ought not be sexist! We need only look back into history to see that both sexes have worn all sorts of beautiful garments to adorn/clothe/protect/enhance their bodies. Thank You! Enjoy
Thank You! My corset came laced a different way and this is much easier to get on and off by myself. Thank You very much. BTW, I love your bunny ears!
@bishonenrancher your welcome. i think i'll just get mine from timeless trends. i really like the styles and they come in my waist size. i also decided to wait tell i loose a bit more weight, that way i won't spend $100 plus dollars on something that will most likely be too large in 2 months time. :D thank you for all your videos. i am paying close attention. PS a friend bought an ebay one and it broke 3 days later FAIL! i warned her though :( so i tried lol THANK YOU!!!
Just used this video to lace my new timeless trends corsets 😍
Omg ive relaced my corset and tightened. Youre amazing. Thank you
Watching in 2020! Thank you ❤️
Thankyou that was so much help I have a waist trainer an could not use it because I could not lace it.
Very helpful, Thank you
This is exactly the information I was looking for! Thank you! I have an extra grommet on one side of my corset, do I lace it the same way and just ignore that one?
This was very helpful. Even 9 years later
Very helpful ☺️
This video was extremely helpful!
Thank you!
Thank you! xoxox 💋 Your tutorials are the best! Thank you. Keep up the good work.
+Glitter Glue Thank you!
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! Thank you! :-D
I know I'm late to the party but thank you so much for this I'd be lost without xx
VERY helpful and informative. Thank u so much!!
OMG Thanks you so much this vid is great I just started waist training and this tutorial REALLY helped!!!!
thanks I had to re-lace one I bought BC the ribbon was to short and this helped me alot with the replacement lace and in not having to resell or give away my corset
Thank you that was great!
thank you :D you're amazing by the way :D
Oh thank you so much...my spine feels better now
Thank you so much !!!
Thanks! This was super helpful.
Thanks for this informative video!
Thank you so much
thank you so much! finally I can use my corset top!:)
thank you so much ,, i'm really happy now i know how to do it myself
Loved it. Thank you, it was a big help:)
Thankyou very much I now put mine on myself
Thanks so much! Very helpful!
Thanks a lot! This helped me so much for my new corset thanks again!:-)
Thanks for this video It really helped me
Thanks this helped no end
Great! Thank you so much😊
I'm many years late but omg this helped me so much x
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
This is so funny, because this is how I've always laced my corsets. hahah
This is recommended for waist training corsets as well? I'm trying to find out for my girlfriend, she is not certain she is tying it the proper way. Much appropriated for a reply, thank you
When you order a corset what is the standard way they are laced when you recieve them? i only ask because you have mentioned in several videos the need to re-lace your corsets because they weren't how you liked them. Thanks Lucy!
Really helpful thanks
Thank you so much!!! Great tutorial!! (:
That's very cool, thank you :)
Hi Very good video, and very easy to follow, i have several corsets, i tried the round permacord, but it curls too much, the flat is better. followed the over under over under, but one of my corsets starts out as first under, then under, under, under etc. and still works , So,,,, what is the difference ... thanks
That is just chevron lacing, it’s fine. :) I have a video on chevron lacing here: czcams.com/video/vpUpvyQPH4Y/video.html
Have you got any hints about how to self-lace when using spiral lacing? This is the sort that was used for eighteenth century corsets
I've seen you show the ex at the ears. I get how that gives an extra cinch at the waist. does this also lock in the tightness of the laces? that's important and there is a way to do it. I have of course it that as you pull it tighter and let go it doesn't undo what you just pulled tight
Definitely helped me. I am fixing the corset I sewed last year to fit me better now. It only has laces and grommets. Where can I buy the Busk for the front?
Try CorsetMaking, VenaCavaDesign, SewCurvy, or Farthingales. :)
can you do a tutorial on how to add waist tape to corsets for those who are trying to make one for first time plz
Might you be able to do a decorative style of lacing? :D
I love all your videos they're so helpful, but my one question is what can I do with the extra lace when my corset it fully closed? Can I wrap in around my waist to hide it or can I cut it? Thank you so much
I have a video on hiding corset laces here:
czcams.com/video/Lutao5cX3Z4/video.html
I don't recommend wrapping it around the waist, I've seen pictures of corsets that had the fashion fabric wear away from the friction of tying laces tightly around the waist. If the laces are way too long, you can trim them (RandomCorset has a video on her channel on how to do that) but avoid cutting them too short - remember that you need to loosen the laces every time you get into and out of your corset.
Almost impossible to do with the ribbon which comes with the ones on ebay. Proper corset lacing is a must.
Hi great video I have corset that the panel needs to be laced is it possible if you can do a video on that ? Do you have any video where the panel has to be laced aswell
thank you
I wish I had known that my Timeless Trends corset would come with one sided ribbon not the traditional laces when I bought it. It seems both your site and TT are sold out of black laces. 😢
Can this be laced the same in the front? My husband bought me an under bust corse that laces in the front and back. I'm barely learning so anyone's help would be great! :)
Corset**
Great tutorial! What if your corset laces both in the front and the back, though? When I got my corset (an overbust bought off the rack), the ladies that sold it to me showed me how to lace it, and gave me instructions, but I lost them! I've never completely unlaced the back, and it was done with the bunny ears style, but my fiance pulled the laces completely out of the front the last time I wore it (I wasn't feeling well, and when we got home, I just wanted to get out of it quickly, and I didn't think to stop him before he pulled them out). The laces in the front are clearly considerably shorter than the ones in the back, and while I never saw the front laced up (the ladies at the shop laced me in from the back, and told me the easiest way to get in and out was to keep the back laced and tighten it from the front - I'm very, VERY new to corseting!), it seemed to be laced from the top all the way down to the bottom, and the ties were at the bottom. It also has ties on the side over my hips, which they said could be loosened for mobility. I want to relace the front of the corset so I can wear it again, but I don't want to do it wrong!
If your corset originally had the front lacing with the bow at the very bottom, then most likely it didn't have bunny ears but was simply laced with the center of the lacing at the very top, and the two ends out the very bottom. There is nothing wrong with lacing it that way. :) Just keep lacing criss-cross all the way down the corset, not stopping to loop the bunny ears at the waistline.
You can see my video here which shows how to tighten your corset without the pulls at the waistline. On my corset it's in the back, but you can use the same technique for the front:
Self-Lacing a Corset Without "Bunny Ears"
Thank you so much! I love your videos, and how quickly you answer questions in the comments - it's incredibly helpful for a beginner like me!
5 meters is more than 15 feet. Is that correct or should it have been 5-7 feet? What length do other styles of lacing require?
You need much more than 5-7 feet of lacing for corsets! 5 meters is about the minimum. For high back, longline or overbust corsets it’s better to go with 8 meters.
What sort of fabric can i use as lace for my corset so that it won't break when i pull on them? The laces i have now are too short.
thanks
Could you post the website for purchasing shoe laces
This is so helpful! Thank you!
request for future tutorials and can you use someone that's a little bit more curlier so you know when they go to try it on I can get one it's supposed to really look like come and get her for me
Whats a corset ? Is it for under your dress
Hi Lucy!
I love your videos!
I actually linked this video (in the desc) as a reference in my most recent video, I hope that's okay :)
Thanks for the help!
Amy x
Hi Amy, that's fine. :) Thank you for your kind words, and for linking my video!
thank you very much :)
+Lucy's Corsetry, can I start this lacing technique from the bottom of my corset and work up with the knot being made at the top of the corset? Someone told me that would make tightening and manoeuvring my corset easier. Is this true? Does it make a difference whether you start from very bottom or very top? Thanks so much!
+sarahjuliana17 It doesn't make a difference whether you start from the bottom or from the top. Because you tie the two ends together when you're finished, it makes a continuous loop. :)
+Lucy's Corsetry Thank you!!
So my corset is laced in this fashion but the knot at the bottom is crooked and my bunny ears are uneven what is the best way to fix that? I'm having a hard time breaking it in because of it.
I have a corset with 11 grommets so it doesn't lace up the way it would if it were 12.. it's an underbust corset.. help
What if you have a shorter corset?
Scarlett RavenFX - the lacing should work the same way, it just means that it will probably have fewer "X"s in the back. Still locate the waistline (where the waist tape should be) and this is where the bunny ears should be positioned. Then count upwards so you know whether to start "under" or "over".
My corset is laced but not with bunny ears. Will I ruin it if I change the type of lacing to bunny ears? It's my first corset
You will not ruin it. 🙂 There are half a dozen different ways you can lace your corset and you are free to switch it up anytime to a style that best helps you lace up on your own!
@@LucysCorsetry thank you so much!!