Studded Underbust Corset Belt - Punk Rivet Bustier Harness, Zip Front, Black

The Elastic Back Is What Makes It Wearable

The back panel is wide elastic, and the whole argument sits there. It draws in without any lacing and gives when you move, which is precisely what separates a corset belt you actually leave the house in from one that stays in a drawer. You can sit down in this one. That sounds like a small thing until you have tried the alternative through a whole evening.

It is an underbust corset belt in black faux leather, riveted the full way round in polished silver studs and closed with a front zip running its entire length. It frames the ribcage and lifts the line of whatever sits beneath it, whether that is a white shirt, a slip dress or very little at all. The shape climbs into two shoulder tabs that rest just below the bust, and that detail is what makes it read as a harness instead of a waist belt. It measures 77 cm (30.3 in) long, fits waists from 77 to 87 cm (30.3 to 34.3 in), and runs 9.5 cm wide at the back out to 20 cm at the front where it is deepest. It weighs 95 grams. Wear it high and structural, or drop it onto the waist for a softer line.

Clean it by wiping with a damp cloth and leave it flat to dry. Faux leather does not go under water and does not go into a machine. Store it flat or hanging so the elastic panel never takes a permanent fold, and keep the rivets dry so they do not spot.

• 77 cm (30.3 in) long, fitting waists of 77 to 87 cm
• 9.5 cm wide at the back, up to 20 cm at the front
• Black faux leather studded all the way around in silver rivets
• Full-length front zip instead of lacing
• Wide elastic back panel that gives as you move
• Shoulder tabs sitting under the bust; 95 g in weight

Over a shirt it passes for a going-out belt, and it arrives on Miami Beach the same day you plan the night.