Wearing a corset takes getting used to, but once you’ve adjusted to the fit, it will feel perfectly comfortable. Many of our clients wear corsets for medical reasons or because they provide more comfortable bust support than a bra!

We’re a world leader in modern corsetry. Our off-the-rack corsets can be as comfortable and shapely as custom work from other makers, because our standard fit line is based on our decades of experience with custom pieces for all kinds of bodies. Dark Garden is locally designed and made on-site in San Francisco, with ongoing oversight from owner/founder Autumn Adamme. Our team is made up of corset enthusiasts who are invested in our product quality — because we wear it ourselves!

You can browse our standard fit style guide to get a look at our silhouettes and what corsets we recommend for certain body attributes. You can also schedule a virtual or in-person fitting experience for free where one of our fitters will work with you to figure out what styles suit you best! If you're not quite ready for a fitting but have questions for us, please get touch via email or text.

Find our size guide here for information on how we measure and size our products.

Yes, we do. Everyone who wants to wear corsetry should have a corset that fits their body, and we don't believe in changing your body to fit a corset. We have experience working across a wide range of body sizes, and continue to expand our size range with every new style.

Our overall size range goes from 16-44", sized by the corset waist, though the exact range depends on the given corset style. Most styles are intended for a 4-6" reduction. We also offer fit personalizations to make sure your corset is the best fit possible, and bespoke corsetry for those who want patterns tailored precisely to their needs.

We make corsets for all genders! Any style can be personalized for your proportions, and we also do fully bespoke work for the truly perfect fit.

From our standard fit line, the Tailored Cincher is built for slim-hipped skeletal proportions, and is also a great option for masc-of-center gender affirmation. The Waspie and Corselette are also very flexible, and the Alexandra is an overbust designed for those with narrow hips and small busts.

The majority of our work is custom and all of it is made by hand in our San Francisco flagship, so prices vary a lot. They start at about $700 and go up to $2-3,000+ for made-to-order depending on style, fabrication, and personalizations. Bespoke pieces, tailored just for your body and fit through a series of prototypes, start at $4-5,000. For anything not off-the-rack, most clients choose to pay through a series of deposits. Price does not reflect quality: from the least to the most expensive corsets, all of our work is high quality and hand-made by our highly skilled employees.

You can pay upfront for the full cost of your corset, or you can set up a payment plan with us.

All deposits are nonrefundable; however, funds on account do not expire and can be used on boutique goods as well as MTO items. See our full return policy here.

We offer a 1-year warranty on fabric & construction under usual wearing conditions.

Anything you like, although we’ve curated our Signature Separates line and third-party boutique products to include items that go particularly well with our corsets.

Our corsets are great for waist training! The best waist trainer corset is going to be the one that fits you best, and we'd love to help you with finding that. Most people train with an underbust style. We encourage adding bullets to these corsets in order to improve longevity for the high-friction point where the bones end (and for extra prettiness). We also recommend rotating between multiple corsets to extend their lifespan.

In many cases, we are able to make alterations to our corsets to suit a changing body. Your corset should always fit your body — not the other way around. A fitting appointment is always recommended to discuss feasibility of alterations

Not every change requires an alteration, as corsets fit with our preferred 2" lacing gap usually accommodate approximately 15 lbs change in either direction. If your corset laces closed and is still too loose, we can do a one-time reduction of about 3" on most corsets. If your corset is too small, we can offer a wider back panel or a laced-in back extension, pending fabric availability.

If you’re curious about what the process is like, we recommend this video by Bianca Hernandez about her experience having one of our custom pieces resized:

No, you don't! Self-lacing is very much possible: here's our guide to doing it.

If mobility issues prevent you from self-lacing, there are other ways to lace your corset solo. We're fans of the doorknob trick (looping the ends of your laces around both ends of a doorknob, then walking away), and fan lacing is also a great option for mobility issues. We recommend fan lacing for light to moderate reduction, as it is less supportive than standard lacing for higher reductions.

You will need to lace your corset every time. The lacing needs to be loose in order to get the corset on, and it gives you the opportunity to adjust fit as-needed every time you wear it.

Short answer: no, you don't!

Lower-end corsets tend to recommend a meticulous "seasoning" regimen that our corsets don't need due to the high quality of the materials and construction. Like shoes, Dark Garden corsets will naturally break in and mold to your body over time. We encourage you to immediately begin wearing your Dark Garden corsets as tight as is comfortable for as long as you like.