When a skirt or dress is worn under a corset, should it have a waist band in the traditional sense, or should it be made to fit lower down on the top of the hip bone?
. Either one, the latter being called a “dropped waist skirt.” However, you must consider the nature of the waist band. Sometimes a “normal” waist band in a readymade skirt made to encircle your normal, unreduced waist size, will crinkle and gather as you lace a corset down on top of the skirt, since the skirt is made to fit your normal waist size, and not your reduced waist size. Sometimes gathered skirts or drawstrings at the top edge work far better because the size will reduce according to how far you lace down you corset. Pencil slim skirts never seem to work well with a corset, unless you are pencil thin with no tummy! A soft fabric A-line skirt will work well with a corset, and often any gathers as you lace down will not be that disruptive to your over all “look,” however, crisper fabrics (heavy satins) don’t work well with a corset, unless you have the waistline tailored down to your reduced waist size (at least 1″ less than your normal waist). Some clients do tailor their skir
