This entry is a summary of the review video “WKD Morticia Corset Review” which you can watch on YouTube here:
| Fit, length | Front is about 13″ inches long, wasp-waist silhouette. Good for medium to long-waisted people, may be too long for those with a short torso. Has enough room in the ribcage and hip areas; very comfortable. Will cover lower-tummy pooch. |
| Material | 3 layers; fashion layer is satin (100% polyester) and the lining and interlining are both 100% cotton twill. |
| Construction | 5 panel pattern with an additional 2 hip gores per side. Top-stitching between panels, external boning channels, and a floating liner (very comfortable). Also has 6 garter tabs. |
| Binding | Black satin bias tape neatly machine stitched on both inside and outside. |
| Waist tape | 1″ wide invisible waist tape between the interlining and lining. |
| Modesty panel | Attached 8″ wide fabric lacing protector on the back; stiffened placket under busk. |
| Busk | Standard flexible busk (1/2″ wide on each side) about 12″ long (6 pins), backed with a 1″ wide stiffener on each side. |
| Boning | 12 steel bones not including busk. 8 spirals (1/4″ wide) in external channels, 4 flats (1/4″ wide) sandwiching the grommets. |
| Grommets | 24 grommets total, size #0 two-part grommets with moderate flange; set equidistantly, no splits, no wear/fraying/pulling out of grommets. |
| Laces | Strong nylon braided shoe-lace style laces; they’re thick, they grip well. Because this is my smallest corset (18″) I found the laces were not long enough. Has some spring to the lace but very difficult to break. |
| Price | Currently $275 USD (at the time I reviewed it it was ~ $240) on the What Katie Did website. |
Final Thoughts:
This is my favorite cut of all the WKD underbust corsets, and it’s no wonder that this style is the most popular cut to review on other sites as well. The wasp silhouette is lovely – it gives a conical ribcage and the longline cut over the hips means that it will help to hold in that little bit of pudge below the navel. They have also more recently come out with a spoon-busk version that will hold in lower-tummy pooch better than the original.
I believe that this corset is capable of giving at least a 12″ hipspring so it can give a lovely shape even on pear-figures. Due to its curviness of their customers find that they even need to order a size down from what they usually order (usually 6″ waist reduction instead of 4″). However be realistic about this – at the time I review, I could lace down to about 22″ yet I was modelling an 18″ corset which was admittedly too small for me, as my ribcage and hips were broader than the corset. Since then I’ve purchased another Morticia corset in size 22″, a 6-inch waist reduction on me, and it fits much better.
To see the Morticia underbust and other cuts/ styles of WKD corsets, visit What Katie Did’s site.
