Interview with Corest Fetishist

When did your fetish begin?

I cannot remember how far back my interest for corsets goes. I've had a fetish or something like that for clothing since I was a child. I think my fetish originates there. Actually, I'm not a "clean" corset fetishist, there's this clothing thing, lingerie and some other things. But corsets do turn me on. And they're fun in all ways.

In what ways?

Oh. They're fun to play with, and there's a lot more than just the sexual thing in them. There's history and construction. My engeneering background shows through, I think. And corset construction is really a science! It's an interesting garment in all ways, really. There's also the dressing up part. I like to see a woman - i.e. my wife - dressed in beautiful clothing. A corset is really beautiful! She has one in blue satin with red cording.And it just looks magnificent on her! Of course there's also the l ook of the body - the shilluette as it's called. My wife has a well proportioned body, I think, but the corset enhances the curves, underlines them - and exaggerates them of course.

You like to see your wife corsetted. How about yourself?

My interest lies in seeing my wife - or at least a woman - corsetted. The corset belongs there. Myself? I have worn a corset and tried to lace it in. It's a powerful experience - and perhaps a necessity if one is to lace someone else - but it's only a substitute for me. It only works with the fantasy that it is a woman that is in it.

How does your wife react to your feelings?

She's uncomfortable with them. The fetishistic feelings lies very far from her. She cannot understand them at all. Women aren't turned on by the same things as we men are, they're turned on by situations, whereas men can be turned on by objects, sights etc. So she is very uncomfortable with it. I have tried to explain it to her, and she is interested and open about it. I think a lot about how I can make her feel anything for the corset. How can I give it a place in her life. At the moment she just wears it for me, and since she is not a woman who likes to turn her self outside-in for someone else, that's not enough. At least not at the moment. The ideal thing would be to give her some sort of passion for the corset - let it be the feeling of constriction, the enhanced body shape or just the fact that she is wearing something that others don't...

You say that your desire is to have her corsetted, but that you cannot always. Is'nt that frustrating?

Yes! Really! And I realized quite early, that it will never be enough to have her corsetted. For one, she will probably not wear it "enough" right now, but there is another thing, and that is that my fantasies will develop and always be stronger that reality. And yet I wan't them to come true. So it's really not as easy as one might think!

How do you cope with that?

There's only one solution to it... If I cannot express my fetish through another person, I must do it through myself. I like to say, that I let it live inside myself, let it evolve there. "And in my hand" a friend of me added recently. So I collect material about corsets, i.e. books etc. I turn my interest to history, construction etc. That turning away from the sexual thing is probably a symptom of the frustrations.

But it is said that frustrations makes you creative, and it applies to this too. That is not to deny that it is frustrating and uncomfortable and difficult, but I think that it is also easier to live with the fact that my fantasies will not come true - right now - when I am able to dive into the subject in other ways. I think my fantasies are kept busy that way, so they do not flood over and take control.

Take control! Can they do that?

I don't really know. Perhaps they can. I think, if I neglected something, if I did'nt realize that it is possible to turn the interest towards the other things, the fantasies would at least give me problems in my maritial life: Because I would be so focused on doing something with the fetish, that I would wan't to do anything. I don't know if that can be called "control", but at least it would be unpleasant.

Would you say that you could live without having your wife corsetted now?

Well, on one hand: I love her, so I would probably be able to live with it. And right now, as she is pregenant, corset plays are out of the question. But of course I know that it is just a temporary situation. I must admit, that I am very happy that she lets me lace her up from time to time, just for me. It's fun, it inspires my fantasies etc. So it would probably be hard to live without. On the other hand, a fetish is - at least for me - not a static thing, so I think I am able to direct it towards someth ing else, and perhaps we would have been able to find each other in something else?

It's not a static thing, you say. What do you mean?

I mean that, my fetish evolves. It changes. It's made up of so many parts, and all these parts change place, priority etc. So I can enjoy other things, besides the corset. Perhaps, I have formed the corset fetish myself, i.e. it's not "given" to me from the outside. In any way, if corsets had'nt been invented, they would not have been a fetish. So I would have found something else to worship. ... No the keyword is that a fetish is just so complex, that it can be expressed in many many ways. It's like a giant cave - there's always some branch that can be explored.

So what do you think the future will bring?

Happiness and joy and lots of corsetted hours for my wife! ... No, I really do not know. I want to know more about corsetry. Perhaps I will make one myself one day. At least I want to know why they are made as they are, what makes a good construction, how they mold the body etc. Also, I wan't to understand the "corsetted pasts". Understand how Victorian ladies lived, why they endured with these elaborate dresses and underwear. It's so far from our modern civilization, and yet it's almost the same. ... Regarding my wife and me and my fetish, I cannot tell. We are both still rather young. We have a long life before us and we will change, both of us. I think she will become even more comfortable with my feelings, and find a way to deal with them herself. Perhaps I will one day be in the opposite situation - that I need to hold her back to keep the fetish to myself. I don't know.