Tag: corsets

Dina’s Diner 4/4/22

| Apr 4, 2022 | Reply

The oven at Dina’s Diner has been hot turning out special treats for the Diner menu. Among the ingredients that go into today’s yummy confections are a taste of able-bodies people who long to be disabled, the joy and pain of corsets, high heels in the workplace, and bringing sexy back with a sexy back. And, don’t forget spider eyelashes. That’s the spice Dina adds just before she serves dessert. For tasty fare that’s sure to please your palate be sure to check out Dina’s Diner.

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The Development of Lingerie

| Apr 27, 2020 | Reply

What crossdresser hasn’t at one time or another become fascinated by women’s undergarments? Either the look of a nipped in waist contained by a tight, unyielding corset or a black lacy bra with bikini panties and thigh high hose — or just a pretty, silky slip — undergarments can provide that sexy feeling crossdressers love. Today Pauline Estelle takes a look back at the history of lingerie.

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A Brief History of Lingerie

| Feb 24, 2020 | Reply

Initially, when people wore clothing beneath their outer garments they called it underwear. Due to changes in societal mores, and where sexuality is concerned underwear is now called lingerie and it has become provocative. Among primitive tribes and in more sophisticated societies crude or more subtle loin cloths were worn. Civilizations around the Mediterranean tended […]

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Pauline’s Lingerie Guide

| Aug 12, 2019 | Reply

Pauline Estelle goes under cover, well, under our outer garments, to blog about the things we wear under our dresses. There is a remarkable variety of lingerie women can wear. Either it has a purpose, such as molding a body needing a little help to reach the popular conception of an attractive shape, or to add spice to romantic encounters. Some say that just wearing lingerie can make you feel better and more sexy. Pauline explores the foundation and night time garments that she enjoys. See if you are a fan of those items as well.

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Retro Rerun: Waist Cinchers and Corsets

| Sep 3, 2018 | Reply

The late Roberta Angela Dee contributed many articles to TGForum in the 1990s. All were good lessons on how to better perfect your femininity. She covered everything from flattering clothing fashions to makeup application, wig care and more. In today’s Retro Rerun we present her article on achieving a female figure through corsetry and waist cinchers. In the original article she had recommendations for purveyors of fine corsetry. Almost all of her recommendations are no longer in the business. Roberta’s tips on how to change your shape from a rectangle to a pear are still good today.

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How To Lace a Corset — Part 2

| Oct 31, 2016 | Reply

Today Chanelle continues her tutorial on how to “bi-directionally lace” a steel boned corset. (That means you use two laces rather than just one.) Why would you need this skill? Chanelle suggests that you may wish to, at some point, change the color of your corset’s lacing. How sexy would it be if the laces matched some other color in your outfit? Check out Part 2 of Chanelle’s video on corsetry for your figure.

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How To Lace a Corset — Part 1

| Oct 17, 2016 | Reply

Today Chanelle shows you how to bi-directionally lace a steel boned corset. That means you use two laces rather than just one. Why would you need this skill? Chanelle suggests that you may wish to, at some point, change the color of your corset’s lacing. How sexy would it be if the laces matched some other color in your outfit? You will only learn the answer if you watch Part 1 of Chanelle’s video on how to properly lace your corset.

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Dina’s Diner 11/24/14

| Nov 24, 2014 | Reply

Dina Amberle has been working on a pot of stew to serve at Dina’s Diner and here it is for your edification and enjoyment. Today she mixed in several ingredients including how boys are discouraged from wearing feminine Halloween costumes; powerful women are relaxing about dressing more femme; high heels are sexy, and a dash of corsetry for spice. Stop into the Diner and get your fill.

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Video Fashion Tip — Foundation Garments

| Aug 5, 2013 | Reply

One of the first dilemmas faced by the novice crossdresser is how do you make your male shaped body look like a female body? There are a variety of hidden garment and prosthetics that will do the job but what sort of female body do you want to project and which of the many shapers, corsets, Spanx®, tape, pads and prosthetics will work best for you? Today’s Video Fashion Tip from Victoria Williams addresses these questions and may be the first step toward helping you solve your dilemma.

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Video Fashion Tip — Picking the Right Foundation Garments

| May 27, 2013 | Reply

Victoria Williams is doing video fashion tips for TGs. Today’s topic is finding out what body image you should project that will make you look as good as you can look. Then picking the right foundation garments necessary to build your best feminine body shape.

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A Frock Made of Corrugated Iron

| Aug 1, 2011 | Reply

Curves. Women have them and female minded TGs want them. The most obvious solution? A corset. But there’s more to corsets than you might think, and that’s where our fashion blogger The Artist D comes in. This month she shares her vast store of corset knowledge. Breath in while she pulls those laces tight.

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