S bend corset

The Pigeon-Breast The Edwardian period brought the S-shape silhouette. The flat-fronted corsets which thrust the hips backwards also lowered the bustline, neatly demonstrated in this illustration from Ladies Home Journal, 1900, comparing the Victorian silhouette with the new shape: As the era wore on, the low, pigeon chest became more pronounced, with the bust spilling over low-fronted corsets or shaped and padded in "figure builder" brassieres.

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Are you a writer of historical fiction? Do you have characters who wear corsets? Are you someone who pays attention to detail and wants your writing to feel real? If so, then this post is for you! …

Here I walk you through the sewing of my Edwardian “S-Bend” corset, using a real historical pattern.

As I said yesterday, the first real corsets were worn in Tudor times. The quote below is from website Elizabethan Costume.net . Click on the link to read the entire article. When people...

France ,1900

This one has been in the works for a while. I started developing the prototype over six months ago, and we went through several iterations before settling on this pattern draft. S-Bends are tricky. This era was all about that strange forward lean, the wide, round hips, tiny waist, and low bosom. Done poorly, these cors

Symington Corset Patterns: The Symington collection was created by the Market Harborough company R. & W. H. Symington, which began to make corsets for fashionable Victorian ladies in the 1850s. The company eventually grew into an international concern and one of its most famous products, the Liberty Bodice, was produced for almost seventy years. The Symington garment collection is held at the Collections Resources Centre, Barrow-on-Soar Visit Collections Resource Centre More corset patterns…

The S bend or Heath corset that created the pigeon Breast look.

Experience the romance of yesteryear in this hand-crafted powder blue duchess S -curve Edwardian replica corset. Imagine your figure nipped and smoothed with this historic looking piece, maybe your curls are piled high and you are selecting your gown for the French ball. This custom ordered corset features a two piece German steel busk, steel boning throughout, coutil lining, large double satin bow and lacing, and Venise lace applique. Made to measure just for you! Please supply the…