Friday 30 July 2010

Absinthe corset day 4

Ok, it didn't really take 4 days to make this corset, I was doing a lot of other things as well...


You can now see the curvy shape properly. There's a 22" difference between waist and hip measurement and a 14" difference between bust and waist. I am very curvy to start with I hasten to add, my natural waist is still 16 inches smaller than my hips... So it's really only a 6" reduction...


The chest is not squeezed at all so there's no pressure on my ribs or breathing!

This pic was just taken quickly on my phone I'll upload some better ones soon... But you can see the flossing detail on the bone ends and the huge amount of lace - I hand dyed the green cotton net lace to match there's also some real Victorian lace and some Nottingham lace layered up in it too. I haven't quite finished hand sewing on the lace... One side still needs it's ribbon inserted layer...

Overall though I'm really excited about the shape and fit!
Next task- make the crinoline cage....

3 comments:

Juliette Crane said...

LOVING your work! Thank you so much for sharing so many of the details and your fabulous photos on your blog. You are so inspiring!

best wishes!
juliette

Fuschia Begonia said...

Having watched Jem assembling the lace trim, I can assure you its even more gorgeous in the flesh

Gina-B said...

Beautiful!!