Thanks Crikey Aphrodite, from what little I know of everyone on here you are one of the best people to get advice from on corsetry, I dont have a particularly muscular frame....I used to when I was a gymnast but not now, if anything my waist is really squishy!
I also want a corset that pulls and flattens my tummy as where I had my 10lb 11 baby boy and he was too big for my frame at the time (I was a very androgenous figure with a 22" natural waistline and weighed 7 1/2 stone) I have loose tummy skin that the Doc says can only be got rid of through surgery
So I want to pull in as much as possible, I actually hate my current figure and think I am fat
But my Husband is being really stubborn on the issue and wont budge *sulk* Its only an extra two inches! Because I am an obsessive compulsive I think he is scared that I will get caught up in it and end up going to the extremes of tightlacing but I actually dont like the really tiny like 17" waists, thats just a personal prefrence no insults to anyone intended.