Hiking in a Corset from Amazon!

I know a lot of folks in the costuming community have been defending corsets again because of some silly articles from The Sun without sources claiming Netflix and the BBC would stop allowing actresses to wear corsets in period dramas. The extremes wear conditions that actresses have been facing in the film industry has been spoken to at length by other creators like Bernadette Banner and Abby Cox so I would direct you to their channels about corset myths.

My focus for this vlog was to get out and take my pit bull on a hike for the first time since my injury, and why not break in my new corset at the same time? Through out the entire hike I had more difficulty with my ankle and navigating uneven ground than I had with the altitude or my corset. This corset was not custom made, but ready made. I worked with the seller to make sure I had one that was the correct size for my measurements and compression goals. Do you wear corset on a regular basis? Tell me about your experiences below in the comments and thank you for watching

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