Leather Corsets

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

what a great question. i have found out early on in my trade ( and unless men have actually worn them they will never know)..but corsets are a garment that is made to truly be your "second skin", with that said..there is no such thing as an easy corset style or easy corset construction.. because you either have built a corset that is " quality" made..or you built an "easy " fast peice of crap period. the benefits of building a quality constructed corset is simple..it will do what a true corset is meant to do which is to reshape the torso and reduce the waist..without distorting out of its intended shape..and stay with me here..thats on a "normal average" body shape..you get into making corsets that have to fit someone with a gut or a darier and those are areas that have to be controled inside the corset. .as well as hidden..heres the things that are dissapointing to say the least when you found out that taking the easy road was not worth your time..to make a corset quickly is kinda just lazy because you will take the same steps as above but you might cut your time by only stitching each seam once..(my corsets are quadruple stitched each seam)..

heres something ti think about. .my corsets are four and five ( with tighter constrictors) layers thick. Thats individually made corsets pannel by pannel..then slapped together. quadruple stitched seams are time consuming themselves..but i can guerantee you that if it takes me sometimes an hor to have to rip out a seam with my seamripper...one will not rip open while one is tightlacing..wink. there are other points like tgis throughout the entire construction process that could be done quality wise or quickly but yhis example should give you the idea of why the effort is so worth the time it takes because when you put it on after that suffering...you want to be proud to wear it right..and you want it to make you look like you did in high school figuratively..so i canot give advice on how to slap a corset together in a 10 min to a corset video..as a tradesman quality for me is job one..

[electrathon]

You said 4/5 layers thick. I am guessing this is with thinner materials than leather? If you were using 3 oz leather you would be up to 15 oz+ in thickness, you would be pushing a half inch of thickness before you know it. By simpler I was referring to underbust waist cincher style as opposed to one that went lower than your butt and above the top of your breasts. I am assuming that one that was longer has a lot more complexity than one that simply pulls your mid-section in. I realize every body is different but also figure that there are basic shapes that you start with for each panel. Do you typically fit to the person or fit to the desired finished size? I am full of questions.

[Greystone]

not looking at short cuts in quality,

but trying to understand the balance of time and cost to make a fairly priced item and a item that will last

thoughts

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

You said 4/5 layers thick. I am guessing this is with thinner materials than leather? If you were using 3 oz leather you would be up to 15 oz+ in thickness, you would be pushing a half inch of thickness before you know it. By simpler I was referring to underbust waist cincher style as opposed to one that went lower than your butt and above the top of your breasts. I am assuming that one that was longer has a lot more complexity than one that simply pulls your mid-section in. I realize every body is different but also figure that there are basic shapes that you start with for each panel. Do you typically fit to the person or fit to the desired finished size? I am full of questions.

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

fitting a person is how a custom corset is finished, but a ready-made corset is finished by what is called Rack size... which is the size 1 wears when they shop.

a rack size corset is faster to make but doesn't fit "spacific" measurements perse.

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

now let me add that unless one is on a strict waist training program which I'm sure ya know what that would consist of..you would not be able to tall the difference in a ready made vs. a custom fit.. providing it was a quality made corset and made correctly..they will turns heads just as fast..LOL and they too are so comfortable for hours of wear

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

a lot of my corsets are ready made and they sell just as fast. you can find the patterns for corsets cheap..I go on Mondays..Hancock fabrics sell whichever maker they decide..for 1.99 . I can never get out of there without spending less than fifteen bucks on patterns that reg run ten a piece any other days.

I don't know if I covered all of the questions..but if not just ask again.

[electrathon]

How about if we go this way. Can you make a suggestion for one to start on? Recommendation for a pattern and possibly a pic of one that you did? Tips or suggestions to keep a beginner corsetiere to start with.

[corsetfitzbakersfield]

giggle..OK I can do that..just a couple of questions about this corset..

OK..who is this corset for male or female? if its for a male my suggestion would be an underbust hourglass or an underbust Edwardian long line..(bottom rests just at the high hip) I will upload a pic of a corset pattern that I altered to achieve the desired look. I will upload it as my member pic because this is the only way I can get a pic to this site so it seems. it is a purple and black leopard edwardian corset pattern from simplicity..(ill pull out the pattern and get the number for you) I made into an underbust. the reason I suggest this particular corset for a man is because of its more squared attributes. it is real simple to construct and pretty much up and down seams ..boning on each aside of seam bind it and its done in about ten to twelve hours for a beginner.

I will upload the pic so you can see it then ill tell ya about the best ladies style

[electrathon]

I would go for a female one over a male one. Have someone I can make it for. Email the pics to me and I will resize them and post them. I PMed you my email.