I wanted to give you all a heads up on What Katie Did lingerie...
WKD makes really nice, relatively reasonably-priced, retro lingerie. You know, girdles and pointy bras and stuff like that. I've been eyeballing their suspender girdles online for a while, now. Luckily I came across some in a shop today and tried them on. Well, I am pretty reliably a size 12. If I go into a store and grab a size 12 off the rack, 9 times out of 10 it will fit me. So, I tried on three different styles of girdle in a size 12 and they were absolutely TINY. I mean, no way in hell were they going to go up over my hips or - in the case of the side-fastening one - close up the side. I would say that I would need a size 16 in them (and the store didn't have any.)
So, if you're considering some of their stuff, make sure to check the sizing very carefully as they run very small.
Meanwhile, my corsets from China have been arriving (very affordable, maybe ?20 or so each and available in every colour of the rainbow.) I'm pretty impressed with them. They're nothing like the quality of a ?200 steel-boned corset from a speciality shop but they'll do for occasional play.
I'm just trying to get the hang of putting them on and lacing them up!