A 27-year-old New York model, Kelly Lee Dekay has grown so addicted to shrinking her waist having grown up loving it.
Childhood shyness became a thing of the past for the former tom-boy after she started ‘waist training” seven years ago.
The outstanding figures of Jessica Rabbit and Marvel character ‘Storm’ were her major inspiration.
The fashion freak and style lover who loves to read comic books is currently studying Fashion and had derived inspiration from her favorite comic book villains which made her shrink her waist to a miniscule 16 inches using a steel boned tight-laced corset.
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She said, “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 and extreme silhouette. “
Dekay recalled that, “As a little girl I was very shy and I loved the way comic books portrayed the characters.
“I liked that Batman is actually Bruce Wayne but when he puts on the batsuit it allows him to become this vigilante.
“He was the same person but the different outfit allowed him to channel a different side of himself.
“I’ve always loved how certain pieces of garments gave you permission to let out certain parts of you. So I think that’s what tight lacing does for me.”
The model who admits that “waist training” is not all that rosy said, “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 its because I do weight lifting.
“But if I do want to do something extreme, I don’t limit myself. If I have to be out of my corset, then I’m out of it.”
Notwithstanding the negative online reactions, the obsessed “waist sculptor” don’t plan to throw in the towel anytime soon as it is what she seemingly can’t do without.
She said: “I get mixed reactions. Some people really love it, some people really hate it, but I always did it for myself – I didn’t really do it for people’s reactions.
“I love modifying and its often mistaken that modification as being a means of like not loving yourself but I modify because I can, because its 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?”
SLIDESHOW: Kelly Lee Dekay And Her Incredible Waist
