Hi,
I would not use a victorian corset for a man. It would be two uncomfortable
for him to wear with the hourglass figure.
Many years ago i made a costume for myself from the painting of Henry III of
france, he has a very slim waist in the portrait, broad shoulders and a big
ruff.
I made a corset for myself to have that figure and i just rounded off the
front part at the bottom and made 4 pieces in all with boning.
Sorry i dont have any pictures, but it was when i was very young and slim, i
really got the figure from the painting.
He could always just wear a padding for the bust over the corset, not under.
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zuzana Kraemerova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] corset boning
I haven't picked out any exact pattern or image, I don't know exactly how
the corset is going to look like yet. The basic idea is of a corset without
gussets (or with as little as possible), with rather vertical seams.
I got a very special (and very funny, too) order from a man who bet with
someone that he would live and behave like a woman for two days, which
includes, of course, him being dressed as a lady. I think the point is
that no one may recognize him, but I'm not sure, anyway, it's none of my
business. The thing is, he wants me to make him a corset which would form
his body to resemble a woman figure. This means to squeeze the waist. I
thought some corset of the victorian style might be good for that, but the
intention is not to be authentic, but to form the body. And as I've only
done corsets for myself (using plastic boning), I wasn't sure about what
kind of boning should I use in this case. I don't like plastic boning much
because it's quite thick, so I started wondering about some steel.
And repeating what I said above, the corset will be worn for two days
without a break (except for sleeping). But I think I'll recommend the man
to wear it some time before, to get used to it.
E House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What style of Victorian corset do you plan to make? Do you have a
pattern/image picked out? How regularly do you plan to wear the
corset--will
it be a daily thing, on the weekends, a few times a year, or only once?
-E House
PS-- you might want to join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Historical_Corsets
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