Lovehoney Plus Size Midnight Soiree Blue and Black Floral Corset Set

I'm not very body confident however I put this on and I felt sexy. I have a curvy figure and this instantly made me feel great and confident.

The back has a tie-up section which is easy to adjust. My partner couldn't keep his hands off me. I felt so confident and that came across when wearing this as I wouldn't normally dress up.

My OH loves wearing lingerie but bad never tried corsets. We saw this one and fell in love with the design of it. When she tried it on she looked amazing. She's a curvy girl and boy did it show those curves.

Yes the shoulder and neck straps offered zero support and is for decorative purposes, but the corset itself did the hard work. She loved how it felt and loved my reaction.

The only criticism for me is that it's plastic boned (which we knew prior to purchase), but overall didn't give two monkeys. It's sexy, it's stylish, it's great quality.

I normally stay away from corsets as my chest doesn’t fit in them so go with underwired babydolls. But this is a game changer.

It can be as tight as you like with the fastenings on the back, the chocker and shoulder straps are a real classy but sexy touch and the hubby loved unzipping it at the front.

It comes with strong suspenders straps and a nice little thong. Once on there’s no way you can’t feel sexy. As much as my husband wanted to take it off he also wanted to just look at me in it.

This corset arrived to test and we were delighted to see how it looked.

This delightful corset laces at the back and has a sturdy zip at the front. The black front panels are in a satin type material with black mesh at the back laced together with a ribbon. The blue detailing at the front, sleeves and bottom is gorgeous.

The corset comes with detachable straps, halter neck and wide suspenders. There is also black G-string supplied that is of a good quality.

On first wear, the corset needed my additional help to tighten it to the right size. My wife has large breasts and is quite short so the back of the corset did ride up a little in the middle when tightened but that is not really a fault of the garment.

Once on, the belt detail around the middle of the corset and the lacing provides a fantastically sexy hourglass effect. The boning is, I assume, plastic rather than metal and is fairly flexible.

The top of the corset sits above most of the breast and is slightly shaped into cups. This was the biggest downside for us as it meant that you needed the detachable straps to provide a bit more support. 40+ age breasts are beauties that generally require a bit more support than in the toned and taut 20's and this corset does not quite provide enough.

The shoulder straps are really more decorative than anything else as the attachments onto the corset are at a strange angle meaning if you use them for additional support they tend to ping off. We are not fans of halter necks but putting personal taste aside this does work quite well to hold things up a little and does look really nice.

The suspenders are wide and seem quite strong so should stay attached whatever you are doing. The light-ish boning means that the corset is quite comfortable even if used for an extended time, although if wearing it on a night out the halter-neck strap might need to be dispensed with meaning a reduction in support.

The included G-string has a wide waistband and mesh panel at the front with some matching blue detailing at the back.

In short, this is a very good looking item of lingerie and is to be recommended.

Ooh, I just loved the look of this as soon as I saw it in the packaging - bold, bright teal florals contrasting with thick detail straps and smooth black satin - count me in! It's lingerie but not as you may know it; where some pieces might make you feel delicate and pretty, this is strong and sexy while still super feminine.

The major selling points for me apart from the colour (which is my favourite), are the thicker-than-average suspender straps, waistband detail and chest straps. They give the whole piece this sort of sexy-superhero feel with a slight bondage twist that I'm really loving. The fact that all these little elements are removable also makes this set completely customiseable - don't want to wear suspenders today? No big deal. Just want the corset without the straps or the collar for a more subtle feel? Hook them off and leave them in your undies drawer. There are several different looks to be achieved with this one set and I'm so glad about that, as it means it can spend more time on my body and less time in my drawers.

Onto the fit - now, anyone who reads my reviews will know I'm tall and pretty pear-shaped, and this is usually my undoing when it comes to corsets, bustiers and bodies! I'm at the bottom end of the size range for the plus-size set, at a 14-16 on top and a 16-18 on bottom, and I have to wear this corset fully done up; sadly I don't have -quite- enough boobage to really make the most of the corset, and without a strapless underwired bra to keep the girls up underneath it I feel a little unsupported and flat, and I move around inside the fabric - easily remedied by wearing a little bra under it in my case though. Anyone with an inch or two more around the ribcage would get along fine, as they'd get the full effect of the corset. There is tons of room in the lacing at the back so I'd say there's scope to fit the full stated size range.

Lengthwise I had no problem - the straps and suspenders are all adjustable and plenty long enough, there's no chance of popping out of the top for me and the lower edge of the corset sits at the top of my hips - I found the nice little design detail of the bottom sides of the corset being lace rather than satin gives not only a flattering hip-skimming finish but also caters for my pear shape very well as it gives a little more flexibility than a full fabric stitched edge would and prevents any digging in/lumpy bits from forming there.

Onto the very minor downsides - as someone who often wears steel-boned custom corsets, I'm rather spoiled. So when I put on something softer, I find myself missing the corset effect. Plastic boned satiny pieces are comfortable and flexible, yes, but they just can't pull you in like heavy fabric and steel. I love the design of this set, I just wish it could give me that nice restrictive corset-hug.

The satin fabric ruches a little bit in places on each panel as the inner and outer layers can't move fully together, and I found that tightening the chest straps so that they lay flat tended to pull the lace collar down my neck at the front - perhaps another strap at the back would solve this, but it'd make dressing awkward! I was also ever so slightly disappointed to find that the waist strap is decorative and stitched into the corset itself; I was hoping it was separate and able to be loosened, tightened, removed etc as with the other straps.

The thong that comes with the set is transparent mesh at the front with the same thicker straps as the corset and a matching teal floral panel at the back. Unlike many of Lovehoney's undies, it's also not crotchless - which is a bonus for me, but something to note for anyone who was expecting it to be.

All in all, I am really in love with the design, appearance and versatility of this corset set, and my few picky little niggles won't stop me from loving it!