[Ansteorra] Sorta Off Topic? - Corsetry

[Stefan li Rous]

On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 11:40 PM, Zubeydah the Wanderer wrote:
> I'm looking for someone who makes corsets - the honest-to-goodness 
> cinch things in, push things up, Elizabethan type thing...
> Does anyone have experience making them?
> If so, do they sell them?
I'm afraid I don't wear these, nor have I personally tried to make one. 
However, you might find some of the comments and resources, including 
sources for different types of boning, in this file in the CLOTHING 
section of the Florilegium to be of interest:
corsets-msg       (62K)  1/11/00    Tudor and Elizabethian corsets. 
making them.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CLOTHING/corsets-msg.html

For a similar subject, but of use to both sexes, there is also this 
file:
underwear-msg     (80K)  1/25/03    What to wear under garb. SCA and 
period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CLOTHING/underwear-msg.html

I really don't consider this subject off topic for this list since this 
is about the clothing worn during the time period we study. And for 
those who aren't aware of it, there is a big difference between the 
comfort of the Victorian corsets and the Elizabethan ones. The 
Elizabethan ones don't try to rearrange the lady's body into unnatural 
positions and curves the way the Victorian ones did.
Stefan
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