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1 1872 evening gown by Luca and his students at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome Secrets of the Victorian Corsetmakers LUCA COSTIGLIOLO ~ SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL DRESS ~ LONDON, UK Luca discovered as a child that people in the 19 th century really did look like the paintings of the time. Tailors and dressmakers transformed the body into the fashionable silhouette with padding and corsetry., ie original antique garments, so that he can understand how the corset really worked. Each time he takes some technique from a real antique garment and uses it, he feels that the quality of his work improves. The historical technique always ends up being easier and more effective, because back in the day they 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 1

2 found the best technique to get the result they wanted. Makers always had to find quick and easy ways that just worked without struggle, because sewing has always been so underpaid. razy that some modern makers are snobbish about the relevance of historical corsets to our modern corsets, because this was a moment in history when all the women of the Western world were wearing corsets, whatever age or status. The corset was the bra of the time think of how sophisticated bra technology has become in the present day, due to sheer demand and competition between brands! Such high technology and that s exactly as it was in the 19 th century with corsets. There was so much innovation throughout the 19 th century patents show scores of continual improvements to every aspect of the corset because there was so much competition among makers, and such demand for improvement and innovation. It seems obvious that surely there is something to learn from a period when everyone was wearing them. Some construction techniques were fairly universal, and others were personal - hundred and thousands of private makers all had their own methods and secrets and techniques, just as we modern makers do today in fact, Luca is always on the lookout not just for machine made, mass produced corsets likethe Symington collection, but original corsets made by bespoke makers. We should all look more closely at historical corsets and learn from them, because most corsets today are obviously based on the late Victorian corset. Even the most unlikely fetish PVC corset clearly takes its ultimate inspiration from that part of history. bod different entity from the Victorian body shape is nonsense in L in the 19 th century corsets for all shapes and sizes were available long waisted, short 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 2

3 waisted, stout figures, petite figures, etc, etc. One pattern may not fit you, but another might, and this has been shown by makers in the Foundations Revealed community, who have made up original Symington company patterns (now available online) and sometimes found that they fit like a glove with minimal or no alteration. You just need to make similar adj for any pattern to fit a particular body, just like adjusting a modern pattern if you are short waisted, say. ot like the human ribcage has changed. The way the joints of the body are arranged has been the same for over 2000 years; to look at an Ancient Greek or Roman statue is to see the shape of a modern athlete! 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 3

4 1872 corset by Luca Costigliolo This corset is three dimensional even when it sits on a table. It s like a sculpture, moulded on the body. The corset has to fit the body and be comfortable, but it has to be the right silhouette for the period if a historical silhouette is the aim. Details of his c usually do today: The diagonal bones at the centre back top are there so that the back of the corset does not sit away from the body when the wearer sits down. It is made of two surprisingly lightweight layers, no fusing, just cotton sateen and one layer of thick duchesse satin, and synthetic whalebone FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 4

5 The curvy tummy is a feature in the 19 th century. The curve is made by manually bending the busk into a curve. The fashionable tummy only becomes flat in 1899/1900 which is considerably less comfortable to wear! But the Victorian c you built into the patterns busk into a curvy shape. Flossing has two practical functions keeping the fabric taut from (the bone is pushed firmly into the channel and the flossing is tightly sewn to keep that tension on the bone). Flossing also protects the ends of the bones from poking through the fabric on a corset made of lighter fabrics. Most techniques being used and experimented with today have their origin in the 19 th c internal boning channels, external boning 1872 corset by Luca Costigliolo 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 5

6 1862 evening gown by Luca and his students at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome 1862 corset and gown This outfit demonstrates that even a modern body can be turned into the fashionable shape of the time the padding and corset work together to create the shape. As stated before, the body is transformed into the fashionable silhouette by the tailor or dressmaker. This is a principle that has been forgotten in our era. Everyone can wear what they want now; the 1980s was the last time that there was an artificial fashionable shape, and the clothes turned you into that shape. Shoulder pads were everywhere, and high waisted trousers with deep pleats made even men ps round. Jackets had big shoulders and short sleeves but 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 6

7 this that when our descendants look at the clothes in 100 years that they should assume that everyone in the 80s had huge shoulders and short arms! The clothes were creating the shape historical clothes from further back. Victorian clothes were not for tiny people, as is often assumed the clothes were much tighter fitting than ours, like a second skin. They just look small to us because almost nothing we wear today is so tight. Think of skinny jeans they look so tiny off the body, The padding in this gown is at the top and side of the bust, quite thick, but there is none at the hips because the model is wearing a huge 1860s crinoline. The padding is there in 80% of extant 1860s bodices Luca has seen. He used padding the same as it was used in the model gets the same result, looking like a fashion plate of the era! Luca has made this skirt with pockets all skirts had pockets every dress he has seen from the past had them, contrary to popular belief! The crinoline has a very thin cotton tape as a waistband because a small waist was so important to the Victorians. There must be no bulk there FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 7

8 1862 corset by Luca Costigliolo The 1862 corset The whole front panel of 1860s corset is cut on the bias, but the backing for the busk is cut on the straight. I a one layer corset of coutil. The hip piece is also on the straight. It wrinkles a bit in this area, but because the bones stop at the waist. The crinoline goes over it, so this is not an issue FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 8

9 The large front panel has slashes for large bust gussets that cup the breasts. A common mistake is to make the gussets too small (perhaps because everyone is l, not at the real thing?) A drawstring at the top edge pulls it in slightly so that it fits snugly. The myth of the strong corset Yes, you can make a corset strong, but Luca wants to dispel the myth that a corset has got to be as strong as possible ot to be a nice shape, and stitched in a strong manner, have to be strong and hard an technique, whereas the range of corsets is so great. Lots of people are starting to work with bobbinet but they still get hung up on the idea that a corset has to be strong. There are no hard and fast rules - do what works for you - but if the pattern fits well, have to be armour! It can still give support and a great shape Modern corsets and historical corsets There are many techniques in Victorian corsets that make sense to use now in modern corsets to make them work better and make them easier to make. Modern fashion designers look to the history of fashion as a sourcebook of technical ideas on cut and construction why not us? Modern and historical are not two separate areas of corsetmaking; continuum. One is an extension of the other FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 9

10 How long should an everyday corset last? Although he did wear some two layer corsets, Luca tended to wear one layer corsets The one layer corsets were always his favourites, especially when working at the Globe Theatre for 48 hours straight! Lightness is a thing in Victorian corsets because it s more comfortable to wear. How long they should last depends on what they are made of and how they are stitched. A one layer corset of coutil with external boning channels lasts very well. lso depends what you wear on top, eg wear of the way the jeans rub against the corset. He had some summer corsets of bobbinet that lasted one season only. If wearing them every day, you really must have multiple corsets. Like shoes, you must alternate them, and then they last much longer. From a historical clothes perspective, a corset cover worn on top of a corset under other clothes helps a lot to preserve the corset. This is why they wore them, and a chemise underneath to absorb sweat, which would weaken the corset if it was worn next to the skin. How do you clean a corset? Or should you? wash his corsets - this is why t to wear a chemise and corset cover the latter is not compulsory, but it helps. External boning channels can get grubby, and can be cleaned with a pencil eraser. grandmother advised using the soft white part of a loaf of bread, compacting it into an eraser and using that. Spirit on a cotton bud can be useful for stains, but you advised, very damaging. Spraying with vodka is good for odours, but not usually required when wearing a chemise FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 10

11 for 1950s girdles worn on the skin, a water and vodka solution can help remove odours. But if a really dirty silk corset, in trouble, this may be the end of its life! How was the bend shape achieved in ? Was it the corset that forced the body into the famous tipped-forward shape? Not really contemporary books and magazines of the period advise fashionable women how to stand, indicating that it was more about adopting the posture than the corset; the corset can only do so much. They used boned bust improvers to create bulk at the chest, and a little padding on the back of the hips to enhance the bottom. These helped create the shape too, so it was not so much the corset forcing it. Hundreds of articles in contemporary magazines instruct women to pull their shoulders back and push the bust and bottom out. It was a clear indicator of how fashionable women should Not everyone wore S-bend corsets, some stayed in their older garments, but the silhouette was an optical illusion, even in this period. Luca can still do it all with pads today in his film and TV work! 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 11

12 Sliver Thistle by Royal Black Adjusting your corset patterns BARBARA PESENDORFER ~ ROYAL BLACK COUTURE & CORSETRY ~ VIENNA, AUSTRIA the mock-up of their cor 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 12

13 Instead of cutting the mockmeasurements, why not look closely at your body and the pattern and make some adjustments to the pattern first? Working on the pattern before you mock it up is more intuitive than you might think, and it may do a lot of the heavy lifting for you, so that the mock up becomes much easier Look at the body shape and proportions first of all. Bust: cup size, volume and distance between breasts? Waist and torso: hourglass/athletic/fuller figured? Hip shape: flat, curved, is the volume on the back or at the sides? Look closely and take notes Measure the front and back of the body separately a woman with small breasts and a large back could have the same overall bust measurement as a small framed woman with large breasts, and you need to notice those proportions, not just the overall measurement. Compare the back and front measurements to the measurements of the pattern pieces to see where you can already make some adjustments to make the pattern better match the shape of the body FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 13

14 Royal Black push up effect Bust adjustments Y Barbara often uses three panels over the bust area for even a standard size figure.) be done by shifting the bust point and the swell of the bust upwards a little try 1.5cm - and perhaps also opening the pieces a little wider. Correspondingly, a large bust can be shifted downwards a little by moving the curve of the bust down a little at each panel edge FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 14

15 Royal Black adjusting the waist for an athletic figure Waist adjustments much, so you may need to adjust the lines at the waist outwards, to give a larger waist with less but the back panels also might be a good place to add a little at the waist, because a too-tight corset can pinch the nerves there. For a fuller figure you may be able to do the opposite and take the waist area in. The fuller the figure, generally speaking, the greater.) If you or your client is new to wearing corsets, you might want to stick with a standard shape at the waist. These adjustments are more for an experienced wearer of corsets who can draw from their past experience to know what they need in more detail than a new wearer FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 15

16 Royal Black adjusting for fuller hips Hip adjustments You can reduce or expand the panels at the hips according to your You can also pad the hips to fit the corset if the wearer wants a more pronounced hip curve than s/he has naturally, eg for the drag queens whom Barbara sometimes works for. A spoon busk can be useful for round bellies. little to accommodate the extra movement of flesh FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 16

17 Royal Black adjusting for protruding ribs Protruding ribs Some people find that a corset digs into their ribs at the front you can increase the size of the panels in this area to give the wearer a little more room. Some people prefer this look from a design perspective FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 17

18 Royal Black slashing the pattern and spreading apart for a longer underbust-to-waist measurement Vertical adjustments Find the underbust line and the waist line on the pattern, and notice the distance between those two lines. Compare that to your own underbust to waist measurement (measure at your side). If the measurements differ, you can cut the paper pattern horizontally between the two lines and either spread the two halves apart or overlap them to match your measurement, then smooth out the lines at the sides of the panels. Watch out for the length of the corset at the front sit in a chair in FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 18

19 Royal Black adjusting for a sway back (lordosis) Sway back The centre back of a corset pattern is traditionally a straight, vertical line, but this rule can be broken for a sway back. You can either take a horizontal dart out of the centre back panel at the waist, as some makers do, or just give more room at the top back and side back at the same time as curving the back edge, so that the back of the corset curves in a way that matches the exaggerated curve of the back. In all cases, use your intuition the curves look neat and even? 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 19

20 Royal Black mock ups of various designs Making creative patterns out of a well fitting basic pattern draw new the shape of the top and bottom edge, the degree of plunge at centre front (you may need to curve the centre front panel inwards to prevent gape) 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 20

21 Corset & Jewellery by Vanyanis ~ Makeup by Kim Clay Artistry Photo by WeNeals Photography and Retouching Working with fabric layers ~ MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Luca may prefer to wear his one layer corsets, but modern makers like light or slippery fabric that would never normally be suitable for a corset. So she uses that fashion layer, interfaces it, and backs it with a layer of coutil to make it work. How Lowana works with two layers: 2018 FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 21

22 Essentially, she stabilises the fashion layer with interfacing, layers the coutil panels under the corresponding fashion fabric panels, and treats the two layers as one when sewing them together into a corset. She doesn't usually fuse the two layers together unless it's a really slippery fashion fabric. tried making the whole coutil layer, adding boning channels and then layering a whole floating fashion layer over separately, but it wrinkled and pulled. Once she started matching the layers together as individual panels, treating them as one and then sewing them together, it got a lot easier. The only time it does work to make the whole coutil layer of the corset and the whole fashion layer and then sandwich them together is with stretch fabrics. Preparing the fabric Prepare the fashion fabric and fuse *before* cutting Look for a slightly stretchy, fabric-like knitted interfacing, not the papery stuff trying to make any fabric behave as beautifully as silk duchesse She likes to use a fashion fabric with a reasonable weight/hand like Thai silk. Don't cut the fabric, cut the interfacing and then fuse the pieces together, they will stretch and pull out of shape. Fuse the whole piece of fabric to the whole piece of interfacing, and then cut your pieces FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 22

23 Vanyanis bridal corset, close-up Roll pinning demo Lowana like to press her seam allowances one way or the other, not lan for which way all the seam toward centre front or centre back? Lowana likes them to point to centre front because Draw in seam allowances with chalk pencil, 1cm at one side and 2cm at the other side of each piece, and pin the layers together. The 2cm seam allowance should be at the side of the panel that will eventually have its seam allowance folded back, and the 1cm seam allowance at the side that will sit flat when the seam allowances are pressed flat FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 23

24 Lowana O Shea s method of planning seam allowances for roll pinning, with boning channels beside (not on) each seam Sew a boning channel directly down the centre between the marked seam allowances to hold the layers there before sewing any seams ( starting in the center of the fabric and working outwards). The difference in the seam allowances ensures that the centre boning channels are evenly spaced even channels go *next* to the seams, not on top of them (see sketch above). baste down the centre with silk thread. On rap the edges around a ruler and pin, then stitch in place in the seam allowance. fashion fabric ends up about 2mm smaller than the coutil at the edge. Sew the seams as normal FOUNDATIONSREVEALED.COM 24

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