Portfolios – Corsetry

Here you will find portfolio pages featuring corsets I have made, historic and modern. They are organized by basic corset type.

Underbust Corsets

Cream Silk Underbust with Lace Edging - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Cream Silk Underbust with Lace Edging

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned underbust, with a cream silk cover, a lacing panel, lace edging on the top and bottom, and a split metal busk.

Brown Herringbone Underbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Brown Herringbone Underbust

This corset is a lightweight underbust, with a single layer of coutil, rich brown herringbone cover material, a lacing panel, and a split metal busk.

Leather and Coutil Grommeted Underbust - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Leather and Coutil Grommeted Underbust

This corset is a light lacing underbust I made for myself. It uses two layers of unbleached corset coutil, covered along the waist and at the front and back with leather, grommeted in place. It is also edged with leather, is flossed, has a lacing panel, and is front lacing.

Tight Lacing Mesh Underbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Tightlacing Mesh Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, made from black sport mesh, with low hips and a split metal busk.

Diamond Brocade Coutil Tight Lacing Corset - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Diamond Brocade Coutil Tight Lacing Corset

This corset is a custom created tight lacing underbust, using two layers of brocade corset coutil, with low hips, a lacing panel, and front lacing.

Black Low-Hipped Underbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Black Low-Hipped Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of black corset coutil, with low hips, a lacing panel, and split metal double busk.

Brocade and Leather Steam - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Brocade and Leather Steam

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned underbust, with a pattern-matched brocade cover, leather edging, faux buckle accents, a lacing panel, and a split metal double-busk.

"Rag Doll" Underbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

“Rag Doll” Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned underbust, using two layers of tea-stained corset coutil, with appliqued silk hearts, a lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Plus-Size Tight Lacing with Garters - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Plus-Size Tight Lacing with Garters

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of black corset coutil, with dramatic attached garters and front lacing.

Plain Black Underbust - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Plain Black Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of black corset coutil, with a lacing panel and a split metal busk.

Reversible Waist Cincher - Red Side - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Reversible Waist Cincher

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned reversible waist cincher. Cover material is red satin on one side and black satin on the other, with black satin ribbon edging and black boning channel stitching through all layers.

Tight-Lacing Lavender Silk Waist Cincher, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Tight-Lacing Lavender Silk Waist Cincher

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing waist cincher, with lavender silk cover material, lace edging, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Front-Lacing Tight-Lacing Underbust, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Front-Lacing Tight Lacing Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of black corset coutil, with lacing panels in front and back, and front lacing.

Plain Tea-Stained Underbust, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Plain Tea-Stained Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned underbust, using two layers of tea stained corset coutil, with a lacing panel and split metal busk.

Brocade Underbust With Attached Garters, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Brocade Underbust With Attached Garters

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned underbust, with black rose brocade cover material, split metal busk, and attached garters.

Satin Underbust Corset With Black Boning Embellishments, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Satin Underbust Corset With Black Boning Embellishments

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, with white satin cover, black satin ribbon boning embellishments, a split metal busk, and a lacing panel.

Plus-Sized White Satin Underbust with Black Boning - Quarter Front View

Plus-Sized White Satin Underbust with Black Boning

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned plus-sized underbust, with white satin cover material, black satin ribbon boning embellishments, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Man's Tea Stained Tight Lacing Underbust, Seamstress: Sidney Eileen

Man’s Tea Stained Tight-Lacing Underbust

This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of tea stained corset coutil, with a lacing panel and split metal busk.

Black Linen Underbust with Pink Flossing

Black Linen Underbust with Pink Flossing

This corset is an underbust corset I originally made for myself years ago. It has a black linen cover, pink boning channel stitching, pink flossing, and a split metal busk.

Overbust Corsets

Corded Regency Corset - Finished

Corded Regency Corset

This is a bespoke plus-sized corded regency corset, made with drill cover and coutil interlining, with padded shoulder straps, a busk pocket, and fan lacing.

Drab Green Silk Overbust Corset - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Drab Green Silk Overbust Corset

This is a plus-sized Victorian overbust corset I made for a friend. It has drab green dupioni silk cover material, flossing, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

1880's Blue and Cream Silk Sweetheart - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

1880’s Blue and Cream Silk Sweetheart

This is a bespoke 1800’s style Victorian sweetheart overbust corset. It has cream dupioni silk cover material, blue flossing, blue lace edging, lacing panel, and metal busk.

Purple and Black Lace Sweetheart - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Purple and Black Lace Sweetheart

This is a bespoke plus-sized sweetheart overbust corset. It has purple satin cover material overlaid with pattern matched black and purple lace, a lacing panel, and a split metal busk.

Red Silk Overbust with Black Flossing - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Red Silk Overbust with Black Flossing

This is a bespoke sweetheart overbust corset. It has red dupioni silk cover material, contrast black stitching, flossing, lacing panel, lace edging, and split metal busk.

Quilted and Flossed Silk Overbust v.2 - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Quilted and Flossed Silk Overbust v.2

This is a quilted gore Victorian overbust corset I made for a friend. It has peacock dupioni silk cover material, contrast quilting on the gores, flossing, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Quilted and Flossed Silk Overbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Quilted and Flossed Silk Overbust

This is a quilted gore Victorian overbust corset. It has peacock dupioni silk cover material, contrast quilting on the gores, flossing, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Plum Dupioni Sweetheart - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Plum Dupioni Sweetheart

This is a bespoke Victorian sweetheart overbust corset. It has a plum dupioni silk cover, lacing panel, and split metal busk.

Brown Silk Steampunk Overbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Brown Silk Steampunk Overbust

This is an overbust corset I made for myself. It has a brown raw silk cover, yellow ribbon embroidery gears, and a split metal busk.

Gothic Brocade Overbust - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Gothic Brocade Overbust

This is a bespoke overbust corset. It has a pattern matched brocade cover, black satin ribbon boning embellishments, a split metal busk, and black satin edging.

Tea Stained Spoon Busk Victorian - Version 3 - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Tea Stained Spoon Busk Victorian

This is a bespoke Victorian mid-bust corset. It is made with two layers of tea stained corset coutil and split metal spoon busk.

Plus-Sized Edwardian Long Line Overbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Plus-Sized Edwardian Long-Line Overbust

This is a bespoke plus sized long-line Edwardian mid-bust corset. It is made with two layers of tea stained corset coutil, lace edging, and split metal busk.

Blue Silk Sweetheart - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Blue Silk Sweetheart

This is a bespoke plus sized sweetheart overbust corset. It is made with blue dupioni silk cover, black lace accent on the bust, split metal busk, and a lacing panel.

Plain Back Plus-Sized Overbust - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Plain Back Plus-Sized Overbust

This is a bespoke plus sized mid-bust Victorian corset. It is made from two layers of corset coutil and has a split metal busk.

Black Lace Edwardian Sweetheart - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Black Lace Edwardian Sweetheart

This corset is a bespoke overbust corset. It is made with gored piecing, with burgundy satin cover overlaid with black lace. It is edged with black satin ribbon and has a metal busk, lacing panel, and removable modesty panel.

Tabbed Stays

Brown Silk Renaissance Stays, by Sidney Eileen

Brown Silk Renaissance Stays

This is a bespoke conical corset for Renaissance reenactment. It has a brown dupioni silk cover, busk pocket, and leather edging.

Blue Taffeta Silk Stays with Busk Pocket - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Blue Taffeta Silk Stays with Busk Pocket

This is a bespoke conical corset for Renaissance reenactment. It has a blue silk taffeta cover, busk pocket, and offset lacing.

Fully Boned Silk Renaissance Stays - Cover, by Sidney Eileen

Fully Boned Silk Renaissance Stays

This is a bespoke conical corset for Renaissance reenactment. It has beige dupioni silk cover material, is fully boned, and has a pocket for a wooden busk.

Basic Renaissance Stays - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Basic Renaissance Stays

These are basic “renaissance” stays, all partially boned and created using modern methods and materials.

Fully Boned Basic Renaissance Stays, by Sidney Eileen

Fully Boned Basic Renaissance Stays

These basic “renaissance” stays are all fully boned.

Non-Tabbed Black Satin Conical Corset - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Non-Tabbed Black Satin Conical Corset

This is a bespoke non-tabbed conical corset with black satin cover material.

Ribbon Corsets

Tight Lacing Black Satin Ribbon Corset - Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Tight Lacing Black Satin Ribbon Corset

This tight lacing corset is made from black double-face satin ribbon.

Pink and Cream Fabric Ribbon Corset

This corset is made from strips of silk backed with coutil.

Cupped Overbust Corsets

Linen and Velvet Merry Widow - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Linen and Velvet Merry Widow

This is a merry widow corset I made for myself. It has a pattern matched linen and velveteen cover, black velveteen gores and cups, a lacing panel, ribbon shoulder straps, and riveted speed-lacing for the front closure.

Low-Back Striped Merry Widow - Quarter Front View, by Sidney Eileen

Low-Back Striped Merry Widow

This is a bespoke plus-sized merry widow corset. It has a low back, white satin cover, black satin boning embellishments, a metal busk, and a lacing panel.