After adjusting my corset pattern this morning so that it would be an inch higher in the front (I realized I had had the whole corset mockup up too high before, and it was actually not as mid-bust as I'd thought), I hesitated. Do I really want to do it? I thought I'd look into … Continue reading Early Brassieres
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Miscellany
I'm not posting any pictures of my corset mockup, because it is disgraceful. But I've taken it in quite a lot around the hips, evened out the bottom edge, and taken an inch off the CB edges. I think the sizing issue might be that the line I made to indicate the hips on the … Continue reading Miscellany
Stays, Jacket, and Petticoat
The Stays I made the stays out of a kit from Silly Sisters, based on the 1730-40 pattern in Corsets & Crinolines (p. 39). For fabric, I used a layer of linen canvas, a layer of cotton canvas (the kit did not come with enough canvas for two layers), and a layer of lightweight navy … Continue reading Stays, Jacket, and Petticoat
"Everything You Know About Corsets is False"
I just found this fashion history article via Tumblr, by Lisa Hix on Collectors Weekly. In it, she interviews Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at FIT, on the subject of the corset. The main points: women did not tight-lace down to thirteen inch waists, corsets did not permanently deform the body and cause life-threatening … Continue reading "Everything You Know About Corsets is False"
Lingerie dress, ca. 1920
White cotton lingerie dress. V-neckline shaped by double-ruffled faux kerchief, of a length to cross in front, and tie in the back (or possibly to also cross in the back and tie in the front). Kimono sleeves are edged with two ruffles the same size as those on the kerchief. Bodice is evenly gathered and … Continue reading Lingerie dress, ca. 1920
Mimic of Modes 