Hi Suzi,
Yes it is, and i also dont wonder any more, how they could make the big
panniers that light and delicate, and still have the strenght to hold all
the heavy fabric on the dresses.
Plastic is all right, but really not the same.
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] corset boning
At 19:08 05/12/2006, you wrote:
Whalebone is now illegal, but the support and flexibility of the old stuff
are pretty similar to modern plastic boning.
Fran
I use spiral steel for all Victorian era corsets, with straight steels
either side the lacing holes, and a steel busk in the centre front if
required. I would never use plastic boning for this period - where
whalebone was not used, most times, as far as I know, spiral steel was
used. To my mind, no matter what size the customer, the plastic stuff
doesn't work for the period - I use it for earlier stuff though - I don't
like cable ties. My original Victorian corsets have either whalebone or
spirals.
Suzi
You can actually purchase whalebone legally from Inuit traders. This was
on a discussion list I was looking at last week. I have a bundle of
genuine corset whalebone inherited from an elderly corsetiere, ands while
it is flexible like modern plastic boning, which I like for other periods,
there is just a little more rigidity in the whalebone - and not because it
is aged and dried out.
Suzi
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