This ensemble is a blue herringbone Elizabethan renaissance Irish dress, reenactment style. The chemise is an Irish style liene, and she is wearing a single underskirt. I drafted and created this piece in 2000, but took these pictures in February of 2013.
Read More
This is a bespoke plus-sized corded regency corset, made with drill cover and coutil interlining, with padded shoulder straps, drawstring on the bust, a busk pocket, and fan lacing.
Read More
The corded Regency corset is finished, including the fan lacing. The chemise is also finished, and the bodiced petticoat is very close to being finished. This post shows details on how the fan lacing was made.
Read MoreThis lovely how-to blog was posted to the GBACG email list, so I figured I would pass it on to anyone who is interested. Cobbling is not an easy task, but the wrong pair of shoes really can ruin the appearance of an otherwise beautiful outfit. Chopine, Zoccolo, and Other Raised and High Heel Construction
Read More
I finished these stays for myself last November, and made the partlet the day before taking the photos. The bloomers are plain cotton bloomers I made years ago. The Stays: Fabric: Two layers of hemp canvas. Boning: Partially boned, with 1/2″ flat spring steel bones fanned for the front panel and 2 1/4″ flat spring
Read More
I finished the wooden busk and took a bunch more detail photos and some still life photos of the corset and busk before packaging it to mail off. The busk is hand-carved from solid oak using a dremel tool, and finished with Danish Oil. It is 2″x12″. I’m hoping to take the time in the
Read More
This corset is a plain coutil, tea-stained late Victorian overbust corset, for use as a foundation in Victorian re-enactment. We had originally envisioned a hip shape much more like that of the cream silk corset with blue embroidery, but instead what worked best for this customer was a much higher hip on the side. This
Read More
Up to now I had been making my plain Renaissance stays with the tabs separate pieces, sewn into the body. While it worked well, it took a lot of extra time and created sometimes problematic bulk at the waistline. I have been experimenting with using integral tabs, with the idea of retaining the simple body
Read More“Bustledress.com wants to find the 2010 WORLD’s Most Beautiful Bustle Dress Costume!” 2nd Annual Contest: Entries Accepted: May 15th – July 15th, 2010 Votes Accepted: July 16th – August 7th, 2010 Finalists Announced: August 8th, 2010 Contest Winners Announced August 15th, 2010. Official Web Page: http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/room7.html “Your Bustle Dress Costume Contest entry is to be
Read More
Today I finished a silk cover, fully boned, tabbed Elizabethan corset. I did not take fully detailed pictures since I was pressed for time during construction and the size of the corset made the logistics of using it as a detailed example piece difficult. Next time I make a corset like this one I plan
Read More