Regency Short Stays
Aug. 27th, 2007 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaelieSo, after seeing a corset on the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
corsetmakers group, I got to clicking and found, of course, the poster's website. So, seeing the beautiful garments, I get distracted and start clicking around some more. Oh, and knowing Italian certainly did help here, heh.
What do I find in her Regency selection? A set of short stays like none that I've seen, which look AMAZINGLY simple to re-create. Sweet! I may just have to give it a go.
She dates the stays at 1804. The exterior is in silk taffeta, but I figure I'll use cotton at least for my first try. The front is corded horizontally and the cords look to wrap around the eyelets in the front-center which I imagine gives the eyelets that extra support they'd need. On the inside each cord is sewn in its own channel, but on the exterior it looks like the cords are doubled up, which makes me think there are three layers. I wonder if she'd send me some higher rez images... Hm....
corsetmakers group, I got to clicking and found, of course, the poster's website. So, seeing the beautiful garments, I get distracted and start clicking around some more. Oh, and knowing Italian certainly did help here, heh.What do I find in her Regency selection? A set of short stays like none that I've seen, which look AMAZINGLY simple to re-create. Sweet! I may just have to give it a go.
She dates the stays at 1804. The exterior is in silk taffeta, but I figure I'll use cotton at least for my first try. The front is corded horizontally and the cords look to wrap around the eyelets in the front-center which I imagine gives the eyelets that extra support they'd need. On the inside each cord is sewn in its own channel, but on the exterior it looks like the cords are doubled up, which makes me think there are three layers. I wonder if she'd send me some higher rez images... Hm....
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Date: 2007-08-28 12:52 am (UTC)e' irrigidita da sottili molle di ottone orizzontali e parallele inserite tra tessuto e fodera.
"It's hardened with thin springs (molle) of parallel horizontal brass (ottone) inserted between the textile fabric and the lining."
I also emailed the webmistress to find out if she could possibly send me larger images and maybe a flat shot of the exterior...
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Date: 2007-08-28 02:56 am (UTC)That's what I love about the Regency though. They were just so innovative about getting things to fit.
And my one semester of Italian that I've almost completely forgotten (I may remember three words!) definitely didn't cover sewing terms :)
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Date: 2007-08-29 10:22 pm (UTC)If you don't need super springy-ness, just a coil is easy to make with a metal dowel rod, a hole in a piece of wood, some wire, and a hand drill.