18th Century Corset and Pocket Hoops

[ladyofthethread]

Since there’s not that much I can do on my costumes until I buy fabric, I decided to throw my 18th century undergarments for Ekaterina on the dressform and take pics. They’ve been finished a while but I was trying to hold off on posting until I could get matching ribbon to tie the straps on the corset. But since it’s going to be at least a couple more days and I’m tired of waiting, oh, well. ^_^;

Anyway, I finally got the panniers to my satisfaction. They have steel hoop boning in them and can collapse to fit through doors. Plus, they double as pockets. ^_^ They have a slit in the top and adding a corresponding slit in your skirts allows you to put things inside. And since there’s boning to hold the shape, putting things in won’t cause lumps. :-D I think this is possibly one of the best things about this costume; I don’t bother to put pockets into most of my costumes because I tend to carry around so many things that they would end up lumpy if I actually used them. I’ll finally have an outfit where I won’t have to carry a bag!




Here’s the corset without the panniers. It fits me better since the dress form doesn’t compress, of course.


The corset laces differently than typical corsets with one end of the lace tied at the top and one at the bottom instead of the usual two ends tied together. I hand stitched the eyelets.


And I threw my Cecelia petticoat over the panniers to get an idea of how it’ll look once I actually have a skirt to go over them.

Comments

[sailor-asteroid.livejournal.com]

That looks absolutely amazing, especially after watching you periodically post all the work you've put into it!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[gothic-lolita.livejournal.com]

That looks badass, can't wait to see how the actual dress would look over the undergarments :)
By the way, is that the way the corset is laced historically, or is it just dumbass Anime character design? I think it looks rather impractical and stupid.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-)

Nope, the anime never showed the character's corset. Apparently, this is a historical style of lacing. The Simplicity pattern I used instructed to do the eyelets and lacing this way. And I found a historical costuming site which shows the same lacing method for 18th century corsets: http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18corset4.shtml

And yeah, it's kind of impractical. Since I won't have someone to help me dress, I'll probably have to leave my laces long enough so that I can wrap the end around my waist and tie it in the front. ^_^;

[neoangelwink.livejournal.com]

wow so pretty ^_^ it coming long great^_^.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-)

[cherryteagirl.livejournal.com]

The outfit looks fabulous!! And those panniers are awesome, I learned about them in my history of costuming class. ^^

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-) I knew about the pockets in the panniers from when I took fashion history but I've been picking up a few other tidbits as I research a little for this project.

[thimbles.livejournal.com]

It's coming along so beautifully, I love your attention to detail when making costumes.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[yellowhorde.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome! I admire your skills. *^-^*

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)