Corsets and Crinolines

On the history:
This is an excellent book for the history of the garment known as a corset. This book is filled with letters and writings of those who were for and against the wearing of the corset. Advertisements (a corset for $1!), patterns, wood engravings. Begining with the earlier Tudor stays and finishing somewhere near the 1950's, this book paints a lovely picture of fashion and it's perils, all involving the shape and sculpt of the female body.

On the method:
The patterns in this book are authentic, many taken directly from the pages of corset-making factory manuals.

It is very important to note that these patterns were intended for a woman who was smaller and waist trained from an early age! If you intend to duplicate these show more patterns, please prepair for them to be incredibly small and unsuitable for your ribcage.

I do find that the teachings of the method are scarce, and this book focuses on history and art more than I hoped it would. If you are looking for a good book with clear corset-making tayloring information, this is a good start, but leaves you hungry for more. show less

Lots of great information and enough patterns to cover just about every era I could want to recreate.