Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Sanakor plunge corset on a person

Today I took some pictures of my Sanakor corset in the garden.
The corset was worn by my sister Chiara.








Sunday, October 5, 2014

1901 Norah Waugh corset: paper mock up

Of course there are a lot of corset styles: georgian, victorian..., but the one that i love most is the edwardian one due to its particular silhouette, so, after my Sanakor plunge corset version, I decided to sew another edwardian corset. I was mostly inspired by this pic:


One of my favourite costume maker books is the famous Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh.


In this book there is a very interesting pattern belonging to early 20th century on page 84.


I attempted some times to sewn it but I always renounced to finish it due to the corset shape which didn't satisfy me.
Now, few days ago, I tried to do a paper mock up in order to change any pattern pieces and improve the corset silhouette. I was also encouraged by some bloggers creations for instance: SparklewrenFashion through Historydevil in the detailThe Aristocat.
So, here are some pics to compare the before and after.






I altered the original pattern in several points, so, to show the differences between the original one and mine, I drawn in red my pattern lines on the originals ones. If you see closely you can see them.


My hope is to realize it soon.