Give me a waist, God damn it.

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I'm reasonably slim (size 12) but my ribs seem to go straight down to my hips without going in at all, iyswim. I have learnt to accept that I am not going to be able to achieve a waist through natural means [martyred emoticon] but wondered if anyone can recommend some contraption that will help me cheat it? I've tried Spanx (holds everything in but doesn't really create a waist if you haven't got one) and lycra cincher things that seem to roll over and turn into a sausage shape after five minutes. Anything else?

Try empire line tops and dresses and emphasize your boobs instead. If you have no waist - I haven't either - perhaps it's time to accept it and move on!

Not ready to accept it, minko. I want magic pants .

I have a waist cincher, one of the ones with clasps up it.

Have your lower ribs removed. Then thread some elastic through your skin, going all the way around your waist...and...PULL!!!

corset?

This is the one I have

I also despite being much fatter than you, infact being a 12 yu are not fat but you know what I mean ... anyway I wear shaped, tailored clothing that gives the waist I once had.

Ooooh, Twinset, that looks the business. I shall try that and also, following MrsMerryHenry's advice, source a good butcher's saw and some industrial rolls of sticky tape.

they don't do them in my size

really 12 is quite a standard size , lots of other stockists just google the product.

I've got size 8 hips, 10ish bust and pretty much a size 12 waist so would need small I reckon? I'm really short do you think it may just ride up/down and not work?

I thought you had typed a ten inch bust and I was thinking what an odd woman!

I am quite short in the body, ony 5'2" in all and it works on me. I cant wear it under a very slinky dress though as sometimes it shows.

I shall go for a hunt. It seem that if you are generally petite these place don't realise that you still get fat & flabby bits that would look better disguised!

oooh link added to favs, thanks twinset