YEAR 2....week 1 OPTIONS PORTFOLIO [CORSETRY] (basic corsets, types of boning and corset history)

WEEK 1

A new year, a new module and lots of new things to learn.

our first module in L5 was the options portfolio. we had to select any 3 from amongst the 12 options.

The 3 options selected by me were-

1. Corsetry

2. Design for events

3. Costume and script interpretation

                                                                    

                                        CORSETRY...

In the first week we learnt the basics of corset making.

we constructed a basic 4 panel princess seam corset and a basic 4 panel bra top corset.

basic 4 panel princess seam corset

front

back

basic 4 panel bra top corset

front

we also learnt the different types of boning i.e

• double boning
• single boning with top stitch
• single boning with no top stitch 

once we knew the basics of how a corset would be constructed we did a little research on the history of corsets