Today is a day for showing eye candy it seems for me.

I've been waiting for my mother to send me these. I was recently performing at the Museum of Science and Industry for Mexican Folkloric Dance and I went off to look around since I had not been there in ten years. I was walking through a replica of an old street and walked past the other end of the entrance. I noticed as I turned to the right there were two small gems that I had never seen before, but have apparently been there for at least a decade.

The Museum has two corsets on display, I ran and grabbed my mothers awesome digi cam and started snapping away at a many angles as I could. I love her zoom because it let me get into the tiny details such as flossing and boning channels in an up close look.


So without further adooooo.....I ive you my photobucket link for the 15 or so pics I took

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v372/mistress_of_pain/Museum%20Corsets/

I thought perhaps we could have a discussion, what you guys think of them, what techniques you see, etc etc.

Hope all of you enjoy it :)

While I know this is a corset community, I felt this pertained to the over fashion of the 17th century in terms of detail. We corset makers are obsessed with detail, but would you consider spending three years on a jacket? Well one museum did. They recreated a upper class jacket that included sequins and silver gilt thread that had to be reinvented because it had been out of stock for centuries.

If anyone is interested, or was a part of this, feel free to click the linkie and go see. My jaw dropped at it when I saw the picture.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/10/plimoth_plantation_reproduces_17th_century_embroidered_jacket/?page=1

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I apologize for this taking longer than the promised week. I have no excuse other than regular life :(

That said, I'm going to work really hard in the next month to get stuff cleaned up around here. The mods have talked about the changes we'd like to see and come up with some exciting ideas on how to make things better.

1) We're getting rid of the memories (not the posts, just the memories links). Instead we'd like to create a FAQ list. We'll create a master post for each FAQ and then link "required reading" posts in that post. We'll probably also alter the tags to better reflect the FAQs so that you can click a tag for "more reading". I've also wondered if we should have a post "code word" in each FAQ post so that new posters on the topic can prove they've read, but I'm not sure we want to go that far.

2) A major problem with having memories, tags, and FAQs is that new members look at them, realize they haven't been updated in years, and think that because they're old they don't apply anymore. There is a little value to this, it is good to revisit the old topics on a regular basis and make sure that new members have a chance to put in an opinion and reevaluate the old perspective, but not too often. So, once we've set up the FAQ, we're going to set up a "FAQ Friday" post. Each Friday we'll post one FAQ question to be revisited by the community. Discussions that become incredibly informative can become "required reading", the rest will be linked in the main FAQ post as "updated/ongoing discussion." This will ensure that FAQ topics get seen on a regular basis while ensuring that the community isn't flooded with them.

3) We're going to totally redo the community info. It's disorganized and unsightly. It needs to be better, period.

4) We're also going to revisit the rules. We'll probably be rewriting all of them, just for organization and clarity, but we'll also question some of them.

One I'd specifically like to revisit is the "Eye Candy" rules. I've proposed making a stricter rule about what you must post and what you can't post when showing off work for sale. I'd like to make up a specific format and example to standardize it. On the other hand, I'd like to make the "Eye Candy" posting rule less strict for people who are not linking to a sale. I think that if you want to post a picture of a corset you've made, as long as you've made it and you're not linking to a sale, you should be able to post just the picture. I hope it would encourage posting of eye candy when you'd rather not explain how it was made. I'm open to criticism on this idea, though. Perhaps it could be limited to just one day? Or one post a week you can post inspiration links to stuff you haven't made, that may be for sale, but looks interesting enough to let people know about? What would you like to see? We'll be visiting it in January, so take some time to re-read the rules and think over what you'd like to see changed.



So, if you want to get involved, there are a few opportunities! After this post I'll be posting for people to suggest FAQ questions. Feel free to suggest as many as you think pertinent. In January we'll start going over the rules in public post (I'd like to wait until after the holidays, emotions run high due to stress and I'd like for all of us to have a fresh perspective for the discussion). As to non-public help, after we've decided on a few FAQ questions we'll be looking for a group of people to go through and suggest "required readings" and "more reading" for each question. If we decide to re-tag everything there will be work there, too. If you'd like to volunteer for any of these, you can reply in this post.

Hi everyone, I am making a corset for a very curvy lady, by far my curviest yet... I am working away on some toiles ...
Her measurements are 38" bust 26" waist and 41" hip,
the corset will measure 21" at waist.
What special advice do you have for me on super curvy seams,
much obliged, labelle

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Hi everyone, Long-time lurker and admirer, first-time poster, corset-maker, and corset-wearer. I've just finished my first mockup and, being the anal-retentive person I am, wanted to ask you all for advice before I moved on to the expensive fabric :) I'm pretty pleased with the result so far. I cut out the pattern (Laughing Moon Underbust) without lengthening it as I'd expected to have to (I have a freaky long torso) and to my surprise it seems to fit quite well. I'm planning a 9 inch busk and 26 bones total, most spiral steel. I am able to close the corset completely in the back (long torso and short ribs = squishiness), but I'm not sure I'd like to go tighter anyhow, so taking in the width overall isn't really an issue. My main concerns are the stress wrinkling around the side panels. Is this normal? The wrinkles only show up when the corset is laced at its tightest. Other than that, I'm not sure if I need to let it out a bit more in the hips or not - I'm leaning towards not, as I don't feel like the 'reverse muffin top' that I feel is what is actually visible underneath it (and also because I'm on the chubby side of my weight fluctuations here). Another thing I'm wondering is if I should cut down or take in the top part of the front seam a bit - I don't like how it protrudes from my body here. Will a busk prevent this from happening? Thanks to all of you in advance for your comments and suggestions - I've already learned so much from many of you by lurking for so long, there is so much amazing work here :)

Várias Novidades!! Preços muito apetecíveis, quero mesmo despachar as peças.


 

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Tudo Aqui:

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Peças do costume em: http://ervadaninha.livejournal.com

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Coisas para despachar, venham dar uma olhadela:
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TÉNIS ALL STAR CONVERSE, NOVOS!
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.Não pago portes;
.Forma de pagamento a combinar;
.O artigo será enviado após a chegada da quantia.

Detailed in-progress posts for this corset may be found at: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

It is a commissioned tight-lacing corset, with an 18" waist when fully closed. The mesh is a heavy duty sport mesh. The boning channels are made from black coutil. The 8" busk is backed. The re-enforcement is high quality double-satin ribbon.

I am investigating other sources of suitably strong mesh materials, but they are difficult to find. The sport mesh seems to work very well, but it is synthetic, which I consider less than ideal for a corset. Embroidery canvas appears to be the best natural-material option, but it is brutally expensive and sold in small pieces by specialty embroidery shops (when figured out per-yard, it makes coutil look cheap). I am currently investigating possibly purchasing such canvas direct from the manufacturer, but I am expecting the customs fees to be obscene. If any of you would be interested in buying some of the fabric once I have it, that would help me recover from the expense.

Anyway, here's how it turned out. The bottom shaping is for a lower hip and a high back.




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Olá meninas!!! Venho relembrar os meus artigos, lembrem-se que agora estou a oferecer os portes de envio!! Aproveitem!! =)

Aceitam-se trocas!!! Mostrem-me o que têm!!

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