Entertaining short story that features a bit of male corsetry.

Marcelo Lima has shown up on this blog in the past. He now has a fairly well-developed corset business called Ferrer Corsets. I don’t speak Portuguese, but if you do, this interview with Marcelo may be of interest:

Lady Annalai has recently created her own blog! You probably know Annalai from the Albert’s Avenue series on Staylace. And, you have seen Annalai featured here in the past, as well. I’m sure there will be lots of good information and interesting posts about corsetry on her blog, so check it out.

It looks like this commercial, posted on YouTube, was actually made for regular TV. It seems like one of those local TV advertisements that runs very quickly in before the local news comes on in the US. I wonder why Stella’s Corsets tries to brand these corsets as “orthopedic” corsets. Does this help in convincing men (and women?) that the corset is a medical necessity, rather than something just for vanity? Or, is this useful in the US for collecting some health insurance dollars in some way?

These aren’t really corsets, but it’s pretty interesting to see the growth of the male shapewear market. I wonder how much this market is really growing or whether the hype is mostly media-created out of a desire to fill a non-stop news cycle.

Dieter has shared a few photos of himself in his corsets with us in the past.

Dieter sends along a few more photos. He notes that the blue corset is made of leather by Dark Garden in San Francisco. If you would like information, please feel free to contact Dieter directly.