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Sheer Tulle Corset
Marta shares her experience of creating a beautiful corset out of this sheer material and pinpoints some key discoveries about working with transparent fabrics.
9 commentsLogo Design for Corsetry Businesses
Alison gives us some tips and pointers on how to create an effective and long-lasting logo when starting, marketing and promoting a corsetry business.
1881 T. S. Gilbert Patent Corset, US249335 Pt 1
Hannah gets us started with this beautiful late 19th century corset and tests the patent's claim to provide ‘best possible shape with greatest comfort’.
1873 T.S. Gilbert 6 Panel Corset, Part 2
Rachel talks us through the completion of this beautiful C19th corset in the final fabrics, creating an elegant yet supportive base for ladies of a curvaceous nature.
1920's Envelope Chemise
Jennifer constructs a 1920's Envelope Chemise - foundation garment for those stunning 'Flapper dresses' - in a way that is fun, understandable and practical.
1884 Higby Corset Patent #294620
Izabela works through the entire process of creating this unusual C19th corset from just an online explanation of the patent to a fully-developed undergarment!
Semi Mesh Corset
Maja creates a semi mesh corset using spot broche in contrast panels of a transparent fabric, giving a very feminine shape with an accentuated waist to hip ratio.
1873 T.S. Gilbert 6 Panel Corset, Part 1
Rachel talks us through her journey to re-create this late-Victorian corset, which is ideal for 'well endowed' ladies with a curvy, hourglass figure.
3D Pattern Drafting for Corsetry, part 1
Lisa demonstrates ‘the duct tape method’ of pattern drafting - it's especially helpful for people who are better with 3D than with measurements and a calculator.
