I have only worn custom corsets previously, and for the price I was surprised by the overall quality of the 3 camellias corsets Ive tried. I had the same problem with all of them, though, and this was the worst offender. The boning is too short for the corset, so when you lace it up it shrinks down/conforms to your body and theres 1/4-1/2 of fabric at the top and bottom with no boning, which causes some awkward, lumpy spillage where theres no support from the corset itself, but the edges are still laced to a smaller size and it is not at all flattering when fully (or even mostly) laced. I found these also run a bit large in the hips, so if you have smaller hips consider sizing down and lacing in a v-shape, rather than straight. Neither of the longer corsets I tried looked okay with/under clothes because the hips flared out a bit too much where I didn't have any hip.