17th and 18th century corset construction employed the use of patterns. As the wasp waist become more prevalent during the 19th century corsets were cut specifically to the female figure and were …
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17th and 18th century corset construction employed the use of patterns. As the wasp waist become more prevalent during the 19th century corsets were cut specifically to the female figure and were …
In preparation for making your Simplicity 8162 18th c. stays, you may wish to re-draw the boning pattern. The pattern comes with an accurate layout for half-boned stays. If you would like to deviate from this, perhaps to add more support or change to a fully
Our c.1790 Marie is designed to be worn with the “Round Gowns” of the late eighteenth-century. Adjustable with both center front and center back lacings, the corset shapes in under the bust. The length is cut to sit above the waist, controlling the torso through the ribcage. The boning is firm 5/16” steel. This corset has shoulder straps attached with adjustable front lacing. Add a pocket stomacher! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1552668927/add-a-pocket ****************************** Features include: Ø Side seam alteration point for an adjustable fit Ø Center front and back lacing Ø Shoulder straps adjust with a front lacing and are removable Available in size small-2XL or custom made to your measurements. At checkout, please supply your bust, waist, hip and center back nape to waist measurements for us to determine your corset size. see our size chart here: https://www.periodcorsets.com/sizing-and-custom Available in 100% cotton coutil or brocade We can also make this in your fashion fabric! Convo us for details. (see last two photos for example) photos property of Period Corsets®
I have just over a month to make an 18th century ensemble for myself. There's a Rococo picnic I want to attend happening at the end of April. At this moment, I have nothing quite acceptable to wear. My 18th century wardrobe currently consists of a shift, an under petticoat, a pair of shoes, and a white linen cap (not yet blogged). A few more layers are required for me to be a properly dressed Rococo lady. The stays I've been procrastinating on for well over a year? Yeah, those have got to happen. Now. And the gowns I've been dreaming of? It's time to make one reality. For the stays I've decided to use Simplicity 8579 - one of the 18th century patterns Simplicity produced as a collaboration with American Duchess. I'll be altering it somewhat to lace up in the front as well as the back, since back-lacing only stays sound difficult to put on one's self without assistance. Stays with lacing up both the front and the back are a historically accurate option and would seem to be more user-friendly. Picking the pattern was easy. Deciding to make the stays both front and back lacing was also easy. My procrastination has had nothing to do with either of these things, and everything to do with the next step of the project, possibly the most important part of the whole stay and corset making process - making the mock-up. I do not enjoy making mock-ups whatsoever. Now, I do know their value, and I've never regretted making a mock-up (and have regretted not making a mock-up), but I just generally don't like making them. Thus, I've avoided making my mock-up stays, and thus my actual stays as long as possible. Due to my immediate need of an 18th century outfit, my time of mock-up avoidance was forced to an end last week. I made my mock-up. Out of cardboard. 18th century stays are often fully boned, thus more rigid than a Victorian corset. Making a fully boned mock-up sounded tortuous. (This is part of the reason I've avoided making a stays for so long.) However, a few months ago, I learned in one of the 18th century sewing groups I'm a part of on Facebook, that non-corrugated cardboard (like the stuff cereal boxes are made from) works well for making stay mock-ups. The stiffness apparently nicely simulates the structure of fully-boned stays. This concept made the stay mocking-up process seem a lot more approachable. I just so happened to have two large sheets of this type of cardboard on hand. So last week I traced my pattern onto the cardboard, cut it out, taped it together, punched holes in the edges for lacing, and tried the cardboard stays on. They actually looked like stays! And they fit pretty darned decent! And took way less time to make than a fabric mock-up would have! There were only a couple small fit changes I needed to make. First I lowered the armscyes slightly so they wouldn't dig into my armpits. Then I took a bit of width off the top of the center front edge for better bust support. I laced myself back into the cardboard stays, and. . . They fit!! So now that the pesky mock-up stage is out of the way, I can cut out my actual stays, sew them up, then make this dress: A sacque-back gown, which will be machine sewn, in a rather inaccurate fabric. But, I'll tell you all about that later. Right now I'd better get to sewing all the boning channels on my stays!
Our c.1725 Louisa creates a shapely, triangular form, using 1/4" steel and spiral bones, and two layers of coutil. The corset is cut to enhance and lift the bust, and shape the waist. The waist tabs, cut in one with the corset, curve over the hips. The shoulder straps are optional, as this style was often seen without straps. These corsets feature: Ø Side seam alteration point for an adjustable fit Ø Center back lacing Ø Removable straps, alterable for the perfect fit Ø Fabric has been pre-washed so you can hand wash your corset without any worry about shrinking Please provide your measurements at checkout for a custom fit -Bust -Waist -Hip -Center back nape to waist (from the base of your neck to your natural waist) -Height -Outseam See our size chart here: https://www.periodcorsets.com/sizing-and-custom Unsure of your size? Convo me for help! Available in cotton coutil or brocade. Convo us for custom fabric options and flat-lining to your own fashion fabric. photo property of Period Corsets®
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My favorite surviving 18th century stays can be found in the Victoria & Albert museums collections. As my previous stays were starting to show signs of wear, I thought it was a good time to make my version of them. The top layer is light brown cotton, the next two layers underneath are linen canvas and the lining is of fine white linen. They are completely hand stitched, mainly with pale blue linen thread, but I also used white linen occasionally and silk twist for the back lacing holes. The pattern is my own and, as I was drawing it, I tried to achieve a close resemblance to the original stays but also to achieve a better fit than in all my previous stays. I have an x body type, and my previous stays have been too tubular to fit me well. I used cane for boning. I was planning on experimenting with high land cattle horn for durability, but as I haven't had problem with snapping in my previous stays and these were to become almost fully boned, I chose 1/4 inch wide flat caning that I narrowed down to an almost tooth pick width of 2-3 mm. The front and back bones are narrowed down from a sturdier 1/2 inch wide flat cane. The seams are covered with narrow silk ribbon and the stays are bound with straight cut self fabric strips as it looks like it was done that way in the original stays too. Armholes are bound with ivory chamois leather. Close-ups The construction: First I outlined the pieces by stitching around the edges through all three layers. After they were outlined, I stitched the boning channels. Then I boned the channels. I turned under the center front and center back edges and made the lacing holes. Then I turned under the seam allowances and whip stitched them down. I joined the pieces by whip stitching, covered the seams and started binding the stays. I finished the binding an added shoulder traps. The last step was adding the lining.
Continuing with my 18th century foundation garments lets take a look at the stays I made. As this was only my second ‘corset’ I decided to stick with a pattern again, although I ran int…
18th century stay. To be used for fêtes galantes, cosplay or other parties. Eyelets metal, boning plastic tierib. Cotton Updated 01-01-2024 a very happy and stylist new year! Currently waitingtime for new orders to be shipped is about 2-4 weeks. All stays are made according to you provided measurements. The stays will normally have a gap for lacing of about 5 cm/ 2 inches. To be sure about the perfect size please measure your bust (A) and waist (B) with a measuring tape all around. Also please measure F (see picture) just in the front. Please mention them in personalization as well. If you have a long frame, please also mention your backlength (D) from the prominent neck vertebra until your waistline. If you have a color / type of fabric in mind that is not in one of the 3 listings please send me an email so I can see if your desired fabric is available at the store or online. Anja
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This wonderful textile is a remarkable French folk dress bodice, dating to the late 1700s. Such a gorgeous French female folk undergarment!! This textile has a small scale geometric pattern printed cotton on most of the exterior. This type of design was very fashionable during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This textile also uses a silk brocade to either side of the opening, one green and one gold. There is some indigo fabric on the bottom and on the top straps. This textile is in extraordinary, well preserved condition (please see condition details below) with the fabric tones still vibrant. It was likely patched and worked on over the years, the fabric at the top of the straps looks to have been added later, as do the mismatched buttons. The lining is of heavy hemp and the back has the original lifts for the "rump" or bustle. These rumps are stuffed with dense straw. This is 100% hand stitched. A wonderful and very rare find!! I have several in my collection, please email for details! ( EC88 ) MEASUREMENTS : This lovely textile measures approximately 18 inches long, 25 inches around at the waist, and the shoulders are approx. 12 inches. ~ CONDITION : This textile is in as found condition. It's in remarkable condition for its age! The silk brocade fabric has some holes, thinning and fraying. There are some pale stains, the worst is on the lower right front, as you can see in the photos. I've rarely seen another 18th century article of clothing in such well preserved condition!
Like everything in fashion, stomachers came in and out of vogue, but during the 18th century they were very much statement pieces especially those made for the wealthier members of society and the …
For reference, we're talking about stays like these: Not necessarily exactly those ones, but this general shape of the pieces. (picture is from costume.org by the way) First, a simple to ask, hard to answer question. How do you go about drafting something like this? I don't mean, how do you make…
From the late 1790s through the 1830s, stays as we know it went through a brief metamorphosis into softer, less boned, and less dramatic silhouettes. However it’s important to remember that s…
This in the time for the pattern. I’d like to give you a step-by-step guide for the pattern starting from zero BUT somebody have already done it and is going to be SO much easier for you all: La...
