Your outfit is making me uncomfortable.

I was attempting to have a serious conversation with a friend and co-worker when he verbalized what Id been physically feeling for the past two days. Why the discomfort? I had a corset wrapped around my mid-section, over my clothes.

Months of research and pondering the trend of corsets over clothing led me to attack this polarizing phenomenon head on. I foolishly pledged to wear a corset over my clothes to both work and play for four days.

My editor and I deemed my first pick of corsets a white, theatrical-looking lace-up number with hardware too ridiculous to actually wear in the real world. In an attempt to make this look wearable for a non-celebs everyday activities, I opted for this stretchy Aritzia top , which can be worn as a tube top or in the style of a corset.