where you get the fat overhang because the corset back is too short. Problem with the corset is that the fat has to go somewhere, sort of like a tube of toothpaste, and often the back fat is pushed up and over. Sort of unslightly. A lot of antique corsets have extremely high backs to accommodate this.
don't have that problem, all my fat's in the frontOriginally Posted by Juliet
The "back fat problem" ?
Whodathunk... I did end up buying a corset recently! I have gone to a few historic themed events with the Mr. , and I wanted that correct silouette. I got mine from Gentlemen's Emporium online. Their office and warehouse are only about 10 minutes from me, so I was able to have the company owner Alicia help me with getting the right size I wanted, and talking me through as well as showing me how to lace it up. I really love it, my dd Sarah laces mine for me. I call her my lady in waiting...
No picture to post here just yet. The picture that was taken did not come out as well as I would have liked, as my chemise was not on quite straight and distributed evenly when the corset was laced by my dd. I didn't check it when we left the house! The chemise was sewn up in a flash just to have it presentable in time for going out in on Friday evening. Though not quite finished, it fit the bill okay enough and I firstly did the french seams wrong! Hey, I'd had only 1-1/2 hours of sleep with all the sewing I was doing!
When I finish trimming the chemise, I'll put this all on again and take a better picture.
"Baby, you've arrived."
My first corset, a Victorian style worn underneath my 1870s ball gown corset:
rose print underbust corset from Gentlemen's Emporium
would love to purchase or have made an overbust corset in white or ivory
"Baby, you've arrived."
I love the print on that corset!
Not that you can see much of it, but this is a repro 1860's corset made by Kay Gnagey. I'm putting together a mid 19'th century outfit, one piece at a time :-)
The outfit in this picture is a mix of different eras. The chemise was run up from a bedsheet, the skirt is from a SCA outfit I have. For some reason, it all works...
Again, if this freaks anyone out, just delete the thread...
*bump*
I've been considering getting myself a corset or two to reduce my waist, but mostly for straightening my posture. The trouble I have is my rather box like figure. Not much in the curves department. I'm looking at Dark Garden's Waist Cincher or WKD's Mae, and I'm wondering if anyone has either of these and what their opinions of them are.
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"The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less." - Arthur Miller
I read this and remembered my wedding dress fitting. The poor sales lady pulled out her measuring tape while I stood in my skivvies surrounded by just about every wedding-mad female family member I possessed. She measured my bust. "Thirty three" she proclaimed. My waist next "Twenty four." Then, my heart sinking, she measured my hips. "Forty." Her brow wrinkled. She re-measured my hips. Yep, they were still forty. She examined her measuring tape, looking for an error in the numbers, and wraps it once more around my bum. She goes away. She comes back with her boss, the grande dame of the bridal fitting, with enormous maroon talons and huge sparkling rings that wouldn't dare be fake, who plucks the measuring tape from her fingers, measures my bust, waist and hips again. The woman clucks her tongue, repeats the procedure, then stands back and eyes my goose-pimpled frame critically. I shrug. "I have big hips." I say apologetically. She nods. "Good for babies." she proclaims.
i know this is a thread for corsets, but im more looking for a girdle and i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions where to get a good one for not too expensive
come chatt with me my fellow loungers, i made a place where we can all chatt blog http://theritzyflapper.blogspot.com i hope to see all my lounger friends there
And if you love the 1920's like myself i invite you to my new forum i just added to my blog that mainly focuses on the 1920's http://theritzyflapper.blogspot.com/p/speak-easy.html I hope to see some fellow lounge members there as well :)
Look around at the 50's corsets , these tend to be more period correct for the 20's than the victorian style which are the more talked about on this thread .
http://www.personal-fashion-journal.info/collection.php?decade=1950 toward the bottom of the page
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