Fantasy, that's the word I was looking for! Steampunk, Fairie Festivals and goth fashion all use corsets. You might as well include all of them in your marketing a pattern sale is still a sale, whether it's made up in sepia browns, forest green with leaf and flower petal trims, or black satin.
I think you should look at the currently available patterns and at what is being sold for the various fantasy markets. There are corset-makers out there who produce several styles, many willing to customize with the color and type of fabric the client wants. What I'm hearing, and correct me if I don't understand you correctly, Michael, but you seem to think there is a niche to be filled with your corset design. I can understand that you don't want to give away your ideas on a public e-mail list. If it's a new design or a big revision from something that was used historically, then your reenactment market is limited to those eras with a similar shape. If it's unique, you'll have an edge for fashion & fantasy use. Also, while you want to use gores to fit, remember that corsets are supposed to shape the body. The move the various piles of flesh around to where it is fashionable, affect posture and give a smooth line for the fit of the gown. -Carol > My understanding so far is that the spoon busk was towards the latter half > or even latter third of the 19th century. I am currently at work and have > limited access to look it up but I might be completely wrong. "to assume > is o make an ass between U and ME." > > No carol, there is no "average" woman - perhaps I used the wrong terms. I > was think more along the lines of encompassing more than one specific > decade in terms of style, that can fit a modern woman's proportions (which > are different from back then.) > > personally, I wish to avoid Goth styles. I'm not dismayed at Steampunk but > would rather that style able to use my pattern instead of designing it > specifically for them. > > Kathleen and Ann, In terms of "reinventing the wheel," I almost have to > because I am aiming to commercially sell either the end result or the > pattern, or both. Therefore I couldn't use a current working pattern > because of copyright issues. I'm also looking at it more of going back to > the original sources and basing it off that even if it closely resembles > current working patterns. But I need some help in finding those primary > sources. > > Lisa, I greatly appreciate your opinion of using gores to improve fit! > > Michael Deibert > OAS AAS LLS _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
