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Overview of the Fitting Process
You fix a bustline problem, but then fixing the waist makes the bustline look wrong again... here are some step-by-step techniques for fitting corsets right the first time.
3 comments16th-17th c Hosen & Stockings
The history and construction of lower hose: netherstocks, stockings, and boot-hose. Then we'll drape, pattern and sew our own with a combination of machine and handstitching.
Letters, Questions & Advice: April 2010
Two questions and an embroidery library on the Letters page this month.
Case Study: CrissyCatt
This month we feature Cristiane Tano, aka CrissyCatt, who makes breathtaking corsetry in leather. She reveals the secrets of her stunning, hand-tooled filigree leather corsets.
Hand Embroidered Linen Chemise, circa 1879
Marion shares a linen chemise circa 1879 from her collection.
1812 Undergarments
In the Napoleonic period, what was once taboo came out from hiding, along with the natural female form. Suddenly, it became necessary to keep the world from glimpsing too much.
Fitting: The Secret Skill
In the first of a hotly-anticipated series, Laura rolls up her sleeves and addresses the single most pressing frustration that FR readers tell us they face: just how do you fit a corset properly?
Making a Skeleton Corset Busk
How to make this very unique busk step by step at home with hand tools, which are easily acquired at your local hardware store if you don’t already have them at home.
Letters, Questions & Advice: March 2010
Two questions and a short story on the Letters page this month: how to make a set of the 1660 watered silk stays from the V&A, alternative lacing and where to find colored eyelets, a short story from 1913.
