A woman has achieved her ideal figure inspired by comic book villains – sculpting her waist to a tiny 16-inches.
Kelly Lee Dekay started using a corset to train her waist seven years ago, basing her extreme shape on characters Jessica Rabbit and Marvel character ‘Storm’.
The 27-year old, who studies fashion, told The Huffington Post:
“Growing up I just loved the exaggeration of styles and the beautiful costumes that comic book characters would wear and that led to the aesthetic that led to tight-lacing. I like that they wore their personalities externally.
“I understand their measurements can’t ever possibly be achieved because they would break but I think it’s interesting how fabric and thread can just easily manipulate the body to do such an extreme silhouette.”
Storm and Jessica Rabbit are cartoon idols that Kelly admires
Kelly has even attributed corset training to her overcoming her shyness, but has said the effects of the metal ribbing can cause struggles carrying out day-to-day tasks:
“The corset can be restrictive when going up the stairs. You can’t carry too many heavy things ‘cause you could hurt yourself. I actually did hiking in my corset and that’s very dangerous.
“I also played soft ball in a corset once, that was an interesting feeling, but I don’t go to the gym in a corset – that’s really dangerous. It’s because I do weight lifting.”
Despite risks to her health and backlash online, Kelly has no intention of hanging up her corset:
“I love modifying and it’s often mistaken that modification is a means of not loving yourself but I modify because I can, because it’s fun.
“People say that it looks unnatural, but I have big bright blue hair – what part of me screams I want to be like everybody else?”
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