grandmas wedding corset

Heihei folks,
I really need your help this time :)

As I already told you, my grandma gave me her wedding corset.
They are married for 50 years now *love* and still happy :)

Well, now I have this gorgeous thing there - and no idea how you're supposed to wear it!
For the record: My grandma was really thin when she got married, my sis and me took turns in trying on her wedding dress. It's too big for us since we were 16 ;)
so, one should think that this corset should be waaay to small for me too.
well: somehow, no.

This is what it looks like:
In the back (? at least I think so) the corset can be closed with 4 heavy hook-and-pile fasteners, the fabrics are shiny white jacquard, white velvet, some strange net-thingy and the lining is thin cotton fabric.



Fabrics:



Lining:


You can clearly see that in the late 50ies and 60ies it was fashion to wear synthetic fabrics, today those fabrics wouldn't be used for a wedding corset I think.



The front bears three steal planchettes, approximately 2cm wide, the other seams have flexible steal in them. You can see the tunnels on the fabric outside.



So. How to wear this?
I have two ideas:
1) like an overbust corset.
it's way to big. and it doesn't look right.




2) like a panty-girdle thingy.
you really can't sit down.
and it's still big.
doesn't look right either^^

So, all you creative heads out there!
Help me, how do you wear this thing?
Fasteners in the front? Upside down? On your head?

greets,

denocte