Marsh claims leather is more durable in the hard wearing areas of a corset. Christina tests his theory on this C19th patent - is he right?

Elisa looks at the history of stays and discusses a few extant garments to see if any conclusions can be drawn on their construction.

Lumbar hyper lordosis, alias 'sway back', creates a special challenge when drafting a corset. Amber shares her expertise and experience.

This interesting pattern has alternate straight sided and curvy panels: was this done to help make sizing easy? Jennifer investigates.