Thanks to celebrities like Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, and Kim Zolciak wearing waist trainers that nip the midsection into cartoonish proportions has become the new Hollywood “it” thing.

For centuries, corsets have been a centrepiece in shaping the silhouette. Corsets, or waist trainers as they're sometimes called, work by applying pressure to your midsection. Traditionally made with ...

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Let's talk about waists, baby. Women might claim the majority of Internet-based body shape discussions, but it's the men who intrigue us. Although the corset was brought into the mainstream by women, ...

AN 86-year-old woman has the world’s smallest waist, after wearing a corset for 23 hours a day. Although an extremely common fashion accessory of the past, corsets are rarely seen in the modern day, ...

Long gone are the days when we resorted to healthy eating habits and regular exercise for our pre-summer bodies. These days, countless celebs rely on waist training, and many of their fans are hopping ...

Beyoncé has one. Scarlett Johansson and Marilyn Monroe do, too. According to some, these women possess the quintessential (and covetable) female body shape—the hourglass figure with a large bust, ...

It also reminded us of a few of our favorite red carpet corset moments Hedy Phillips is the Senior Style News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...

A model has revealed that she shrunk her waist to only 20 inches by wearing a corset up to 23 hours a day for over a decade - and it's even moved some of her organs. Aleira Avendaño, 33, from ...

A mum and former U.S. Navy veteran wears a corset 23 hours a day to maintain her tiny 18 inch waist. Mum-of-three Diana Ringo, 39, from San Diego, California wears her corset for 23 hours everyday - ...