This week we interview Karolina Laskowska, of Karolina Laskowska Lingerie, about her past, present and exciting future plans.

Why should you care about the history of corsetry? Because the techniques they used to "get the look" can be used by us too.

Regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice this year, we've got lots of tempting ideas for your gift list, from kits to calendars, and from tools to books!

We glance briefly this month at the historic makers of Bon Ton, Royal Worcester and Adjusto models: patents, corsets and where you can learn more about the company.

This month Suzannah asks about corset mannequins, Laurie inquires about the different site look and Natalie wonders how adaptable the corset drafting tutorial could be.