Marianne discusses different body types and how to go about creating custom corsets to fit these various forms, from a business perspective.

The first of a series in which Anya will summarise her mannequin quest to assist in creating your own dress form or display mannequin.

Anya continues her dressform journey by documenting her own process of making a body cast for accurate fittings.

Inspired by the gilded form seen in many a Sparklewren photograph, Anya has another go at making a display form - with sparkle!

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

You fix a bustline problem, but then fixing the waist makes the bustline look wrong again... here are some step-by-step techniques for fitting corsets right the first time.

Alison Kannon demystifies the construction and recreation of “bodies”, the stiffened supportive layer of clothing that later came to be called a corset or stays.

Using the Silverado corset pattern as an example, Laura Loft shows exactly how to alter a commercial pattern to fit like a professional one.

In the first of a hotly-anticipated series, Laura rolls up her sleeves and addresses the single most pressing frustration that FR readers tell us they face: just how do you fit a corset properly?

Laura takes us step by step through altering the Silverado corset pattern to fit the required dimensions.

Many corsetmakers accept long distance orders. Is it a good idea? Jenni explores the benefits and pitfalls, and offers tips and advice.

In this article, Jenni takes us through keeping your silhouette and color in harmony when surface decorating your corsets.

Do you struggle to get the correct fit across the bustline? Learn to get it right without squishing or gapping.

Three awesome questions & solutions: fitting 1770's stays for curvy figures, changing overbust corsets to underbusts, and corsets for apple shape figures.

Last week, Laura covered the horizontal adjustments to the Silverado pattern. This week she completes the adjustments by covering the vertical dimensions.

Analysing the secrets of success of the finished corset from the last article, plus: how can gussets and shoulder straps be used to support a large bust?

Jenni discusses the effects that shifting the distribution can have on the front hip area of contemporary corsets.

Help in creating a corset pattern for an asymmetrical figure; advice on dealing with models, corsets and photoshoots; and how to clean everyday corsets.

Supporting large busts (say, above a D cup) can be tricky. Isabelle shares her guidelines for giving shapely support to larger cups.

Wendy puts her earlier research on transitional Regency stays into practice and reproduces a set of stays for herself, walking us through the fitting stages.