Wire corset

What’s your favorite way to celebrate Halloween? Spending an evening exchanging scary stories with your closest friends, binging horror films that will make you sleep with the lights on for a week, or passing out candy to all of the adorable kids who dressed up as their favorite characters to go trick or treating? There’s no wrong way to embrace the spooky season, but if you’re looking for a frightening experience, what might be even more terrifying than ghost stories and strolls through…

Wire bodice

I've been experimenting with some products we have; it's a great escape from paperwork sometimes! We sell "millinery wire" a.k.a. "hat wire" in 3 different gauges but I must admit I've always found it a challenge to work with. I seem to have heavy hands and can never get a nice look as my wire ends up all wobbly. So I decided to try one of our more stable products: German Plastic Boning in the 5mm width (product number 50-8125-05). It's a narrow flat boning that can be sew to it's self or to…

wire corset sculpture

'Dare to Wear: Glass Dresses by Diana Dias-Leão' is a stunning display of beautiful but deadly garments. Featuring 14 glass dresses and two barbed wire corsets, this collection of couture sculpture is designed to create discussion and debate about issues around beauty and body image. On show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, 27 March to 30 September 2011. Visit our website for more information: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/daretowear/

wire bodice/ microcrystalline flanks and skirt armature* | Beautifully crafted wire corset