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.

When photos of celebrities wearing body-shaping corsets to slim down their waists first began to crop up last year, it seemed like the kind of trend that would fizzle out quickly. Surely no rational ...

AFTER the birth of her son Aiden in 2012, Venice Anderson was determined to regain her once small waistline. Banding her stomach the traditional way with a girdle did not rest well with her, and so ...

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See what happens when a new mom on staff tries out the celeb-loved waist-cinching corset craze What is it: Amia’s Almighty Cincher Who tried it: Alissa Harris, Photo Editor Why I did it: I just had a ...

You’ve heard the naysayers, the negative Nancy’s and let’s not forget about the Debbie downers, who are all against the practice of “waist training,” because: they have never tried it, are getting ...