Tightlacer

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A tightlacer is someone who practises daily tightlacing.

Some persons choose tightlacing for aesthetic reasons. Some do this to improve the figure, while others have a goal to achieve an extra-narrow, "wasp" waist. This can be very important for some male-to-female transvestites, for whom achieving a feminine figure is a key requirement. Some people enjoy the physical sensations of tightlacing.

The term tightlacer is generally applied to someone who wears the corset for at least fourteen hours per day, but many tightlacers wear their corsets for as many as 23 hours every day.

Some well known tightlacers

• Lillie Langtry; about 1890
• Polaire; about 1914; 13 or 14 inches (33 or 36 centimeters)
• Ethel Granger; about 1930–1950; 13 inches (33 centimeters)
• Spook; 2003; 14 inches (36 centimeters); http://www.staylace.com/pinups/spook/index.html
• Sylphide; 2002; 15 inches (38 centimeters); http://www.sylphide.de/
• Cathie Jung; http://www.staylace.com/gallery/gallery15/kathyjungsilvercorset/