1890s corset

It has been awhile since my last post, largely because I have spent the last two months working on a new Victorian wardrobe for myself. I have had plans to make an early 1870’s gown and under…

ventilated corset, 1890s – costume cocktail

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Vanity Fair," December 15, 1977–September 3, 1978.Saint Louis Art Museum. "Vanity Fair: Four Centuries of Fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 3, 1979–April 1, 1979

🍀 This PDF Pattern is for an 1890s Corset, digitized from the Symington Corset Pattern Collection 🍀 UPDATE: 04/11/2024 Pattern prints out at full scale in Paper Sizes: A4: 21 x 29.7 cm (14 Pages) US Letter: 8.5 x 11 inch (14 Pages) MULTIPLE WAIST SIZES: 22.5 - 38.5 inch (57.2 - 97.8cm) Busk Length: 12 inch This corset is a midbust and features a front busk closure as well as metal grommets. It can be made from one layer, two layers (like in the sample photos), mesh, or any variation you…

Corset made from cotton net trimmed with machine-made lace and silk ribbon, possibly made in Germany or England, 1895-1900

Because I have previously tried only the corset types with shaped panels or with a hip basque I have been very curious to give a proper gusseted Victorian corset a try. And because in my opinion 1870's was the last decade before the colorful and luxurious corsets really took over, I wanted this one to look practical and utilitarian. I chose drab coutil because that was one of the most common colors of it's day for an everyday corset. It's a single layer corset with seams sewn as shown here…

I'm interested in making a corset for everyday wear around the farm. Bernadette Banner talks about the corset here:.

As I said yesterday, the first real corsets were worn in Tudor times. The quote below is from website Elizabethan Costume.net . Click on the link to read the entire article. When people...

Traditional undergarment corsetry You know what's interesting? The role of corsets in the shifting role of underwear as outerwear. Every lingerie item you can think of has--at some point--taken a starring role in fashion, rather than being relegated to underneath clothing: bustiers, camisoles, slips, even panties. (Sorry, I can't stop saying the p word!) But! Corsets are the only undergarment I can think of that are now thought of only as outerwear by the masses. They were originally worn…

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