This month, Anna works with us on refining the fit and starts to think about the final design of this Edwardian transitional corset for our 2013-14 competition.

Luthien sets herself an Edwardian challenge by recreating the 1901 corset from Norah Waugh’s book 'Corsets and Crinolines'.

Luthien continues her journey with this corset from Norah Waugh's famous book through construction, embellishment and her final thoughts.

Cecile delves into how to adapt a 1902 Kops Corset Patent 712,312 classic Edwardian S-bend corset to fit her body shape.

Nikki introduces us to this beautiful and unique corset, and begins the task of bringing it to life by taking a pattern from an original.

In this second article in the series, Cecile will focus on the construction of the final corset based from the previously modified pattern.

Cecile's series continues with a summary and analysis of the information in the original patent regarding boning and finishing.

Luthien studies a transitional corset which, aesthetically, follows the ultra curvy corsets of the late Victorian/ early Edwardian eras.

Lowana shares the results of her experiment to test a 1911 Edwardian cupped corset pattern as drafted by CAD software.

Lowana shares the final results of her experiment to test a 1911 Edwardian cupped corset pattern as drafted by CAD software.

Nikki takes us through this alternative Edwardian front-closing corset, aimed at making the process of self-lacing easier for a lady.

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.

How did Edwardian women support their busts with such low cut corsets? Jen shares the details and patterns of two 1910's brassieres in her collection.

Lelanie experiments with removing the gussets from an Edwardian corset pattern to suit her modern sensibilities about, and style of, corsetmaking.

In this series, Jeremy presents two different 1911 corsets that share the same back and have similar design elements, and describes the drafting of both.

In part 2, Nikki recreates the design of this unusual Edwardian corset from the Symington collection using the pattern from part 1.

Jennifer tells us how much she enjoyed the construction of this beautiful & romantic 1911 Cupped Corset from Jeremy's previous article.

Luca details why we should all be using plastic boning instead of steel for certain applications, and why it is actually more authentic!

The pattern and a step-by-step guide to make this elegant corset from 1899-1900, including a new seam technique just for corsetry that negotiates curves perfectly and encases all the raw edges neatly.

Alison checks the fit of the pattern created in Part 1, researches and tests patterns and numbers of bones, and creates the final corset.