Foundations Revealed introduces you to the varied and beautiful world of corset patents.
These historic diagrams show the cut of original Victorian corset patterns. They help us to see into the mind of the expert designer of the Golden Era of Corsetry, allowing us to uncover the secrets of fit and style that modern corsetry is only just beginning to explore.
For those who are working with modern corsetry, these designs will allow you to branch out from the ordinary, standard, vertical seamed “Victorian” style which is so common now, and into something fresh and new, yet classically elegant. They also allow historical costumers to move beyond the limited number of commercially available corset patterns that may not be appropriate for your body type, and explore styles more suited for you.
Our writers figure out and test each pattern for you, so that you can both benefit from their experiments, and make interesting choices for your own work.
1901 Norah Waugh Corset, Part 2
Luthien continues her journey with this corset from Norah Waugh's famous book through construction, embellishment and her final thoughts.
7 comments1908 Transitional Corset
Sabrina tackles the challenge of making a 1908 Corset, a transitional year between the S-curve era and the straight-line Teens era corsets.
1904 Savoye Corset, Patent 786,685
Joanne tackles this elegant and drastically simple Edwardian corset patent, a pattern with only three panels!
1901 Norah Waugh Corset
Luthien sets herself an Edwardian challenge by recreating the 1901 corset from Norah Waugh’s book 'Corsets and Crinolines'.
1905 Savoye Corset, Pt.845582 #2
Sannie explains how to tackle resizing and using historical corset patterns with very unusual pattern pieces, such as this very curvy Edwardian example.
1903 Savoye Corset: Patent 740930
A novel design using curves. We'll learn more about the inventor and his corset, and begin our journey to recreating this beautiful piece ourselves.
1907 Corset Patent US849136, Pt. 2
Now the mock-up has been fitted, we move on to the construction of the final corset and find out just how wearable this Edwardian overbust style is.
Embroidered Edwardian Corset
Antje tackles the first of two corset designs from Savoye's 1905 patent # 845582, featuring a special panel designed to show off some great embroidery.
Hearts 5: Possibilities
Jenni shows off her final Hearts corset and draws some conclusions. She includes some details on fitting and adapting corsets for asymmetrical bodies.
1907 Corset Patent US849136, Pt. 1
Natasha guides us through the patterning and fitting process for this 1907 Daniel Kops corset to achieve an Edwardian S-curve silhouette.
1903 Savoye Corset, part 2
Alison checks the fit of the pattern created in Part 1, researches and tests patterns and numbers of bones, and creates the final corset.
1906 La Mode Illustrée Corset
Joanne shows how to use old patterns to make beautiful garments that are just not possible with today's mass market sewing patterns.
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