Crotty & Richards | Corset | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I will be sharing how I recreated a civil war era corset, complete with hand embroidery and tons of bone flossing!

The Simplicity 2890 corset was the first corset I ever made, nearly 10 years ago. That first version was always a smidge too tight (I made...

National Underwear Day—This fashionable woman in the 1860s is wearing a chemise and drawers, a corset was gusseted and boned to give a full bust and hips and small waist, a hoop skirt supported a wide skirt, and several smoothing petticoats would also be added. Are you feeling cooler now?

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This is a follow-up post to my last post: ca. 1860 Corset For Me! (HSF #4). That post has a short background on my reasons for building the corset, but it doesn’t mention other details, so th…

I have been thinking about making a new mid-19th century corset for a while now. With an event coming up in October that I hope to attend, a new corset has become a mandatory project. Over the last two years I've gotten out of reenacting and sold almost all of my things. Now need to sew up a whole new wardrobe. (well, wardrobe may be a bit too ambitious of a word. I will be content with one complete outfit. For now.) I knew I wanted to make a corset with both cording and boning this time. I…

c. 1860 corset with ruffled petticoat worn over mid 19th century hoop.

Mauve cotton moire fabric. Single-layer construction. Trimmed with flossing and antique lace. Featuring curved panels and bust & hip gores. Inspired by antique corsets of the mid-19th century from 1850-1860. Using pattern Ref Aubin by Atelier Sylphe. Made by Emma Collins

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