Pearls & Arsenic : Hong Kong's first luxury corset brand
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THE PATTERN OF A CORSET

Corsets are complicated garments to construct, and this is reflected in the creation time and price. 
Comprised of multiple panels of fabric precisely cut and finely stitched together with strategically placed flexible spiral steel boning channels, eyelets, laces and busk, a well cared for quality corset can last five years with daily wear and some corsets constructed by expert corsetieres have been known to last for over ten years.
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HOW TO MEASURE YOURSELF
FOR YOUR CORSET

  • Use a measuring tape to gently wrap around the narrowest part of your waistline, just above the belly button. This is your 'natural waist'. 

  • For under bust rib circumference, measure your ribs just below your bra line. 

  • For your bust measurement, measure around the fullest part of your bust.

  • Due to differing hip measurements, the general rule is to measure the widest part of your upper hips at 5" down from the waist.
    Regular corsets will usually sit around the upper hip and longline corsets will generally reach to the lower hip. 


  • The busk length is important, and is straight down the middle of the corset from between the breasts to the top of the pubic bone. 

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SIZING

​Now with some sizes 18", 20", 22", 24", 26" 
We hope to provide more sizes in the future. 
Underbust busk lengths are an average of 11" and overbust busks lengths an average of 13". 
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Shipping . Timing . Returns . Payment

Shipping & Timings 
All orders are shipped from Hong Kong via Hong Kong Post, via Registered Air Mail or SpeedPost depending on your price choice at checkout. 
International orders are (US$12.56) HK$97.40 per corset - with option to request total for combining multiple items. 
Local orders are (US$10.42) HK$80.8 per corset - with option to request total for combining multiple items, or to collect from a designated location. We apologise for the high shipping price due to the weight of the steel boning. 

International orders take up to 4-6 weeks average from date of payment to arrive. 
Local orders take an average of 4 weeks average from date of payment to arrive.
Custom request orders take an average of 6-8 weeks from date of payment to arrive, depending on the level of detail. 

Returns & Exchanges
Due to the intimate natures of these garments, unfortunately no returns or exchanges are available. 
We do apologise and thank you for your understanding. 

Payments & Orders 
Payments may be made by Visa or MasterCard, on Paypal.
Transmission of sensitive financial and payment information is submitted on our secure https server. 
Under no circumstances will we ask that you submit your payment information in a non-secure environment.

Privacy 
Pearls & Arsenic will never under any circumstances sell, distribute, or share your personal information with any third party entity. 
We take great care to ensure that your privacy is protected and will only use this information in the manner implied by each form on this website.

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