The class is a practical workshop which will give you a brief history of corsetry and corset styles from Elizabethan to Edwardian. You will cut and construct a corset in Victorian style following traditional construction methods.
You will learn about the fabrics and tools appropriate for corset making, the various bones and steels used (depending on the period/style), production techniques (including boning, eyelets, binding and lacing).
Throughout the classes each production process will be illustrated and demonstrated with samples.
The class is intensive and hard work but I hope you will find it interesting, productive and fun.
There will be reference material, books and example corsets (period and modern) available throughout the workshops.
corset workshop brochure (includes booking form) and dates
