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Interesting a little scarry

2008-05-13T23:10:26Z

www.amfkorsets.com/

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SF Fetish Ball Weekend Sale at Dark Garden Mar. 6--Mar. 8

2008-03-06T23:47:32Z

Need a last minute costume for the San Francisco Fetish Ball Weekend? Once again, the extravaganza will unfold!!!!!

All Ready to Wear Corsets in stock are 10% off!
All hosiery is 10% off!!!

We've got what you need to fit in (or stand out)! We have a large
variety of Ready-to-Wear Corsets, skirts and fabulous mini top hats,
lingerie and hosiery, to finish the perfect ensemble. Something for
everyone, every size, available now!

The SF Fetish Ball Weekend is March 6th through the 8th.

Tickets and more info can be found at www.sffetishball.com/.

This sale is...
at Dark Garden Unique Corsetry
321 Linden
Hayes Valley
San Francisco

Hours: Mon-Sat 1pm -7pm

Thanks

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Romantasy

2008-02-23T01:32:55Z

Who has bought from romantasy?
They recently advertised a "sleep" corset, which is something I need, and I was wondering who has bought from them before?

praise?
complaints?

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Full metal Corset

2008-02-11T21:40:21Z

I'm working on a project to create a metal corset and chastity belt that will throw sparks with the liberal aplication of a metal grinder to its surface. Any suggestions? Does something like this exist alllready, or will I have to construct it myself? I was thinking of riveting metal plates to the ribs of a corset, but I'm concerned about the fire hasard. I know this is not an original idea, but its new to me. Any helpfull sugestions

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SALE AT DARK GARDEN UNIQUE CORSETRY

2008-02-07T20:42:18Z

Happy Valentine's Day from Dark Garden! To celebrate this fun holiday with something longer-lasting and better for you than chocolate, come down to the store and get 10% off all accessories, and 10% to 30% off selected garments! We have beautiful jewelry, satiny gloves, and sexy hosiery to dress up your new corset purchase. We have just gotten in the cutest array of ruffly panties and sheer mesh garter belts, as well as parasols and fans perfect for a romantic photo shoot! To suit your needs, we are offering 10% off all custom corset orders during this time as well.
Need a last minute gift? Gift certificates purchased between February 8th and 14th will include a coupon for 10% off a custom corset order.

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"CORSETS FOR A CURE"

2008-01-23T14:06:09Z

Delicious Corsets presents:
>
> "CORSETS FOR A CURE" TO RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL BREAST
> CANCER FOUNDATION
>
> Artist-Designed Garments Uplift
>
> Philadelphia, PA, January 14, 2008 -- A fundraiser
> on February 1, 2008
> for the Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation will
> feature the kickoff
> of an online auction of 18 unique corsets handmade
> by artists and
> designers. The event will be held from 7 -10 pm at
> the Tower
> Investments offices at 969 N 2nd Street,
> Philadelphia PA. It is free
> and open to the public.
>
> Delicious Corsets of Northern Liberties donated 18
> garments to local
> and national artists as blank canvases on which to
> express the
> artists' thoughts on breast cancer, women's bodies,
> and the courage of
> cancer survivors. The exquisite custom designs
> include, "Let's Put
> Philly on the Map," featuring a 19th century map of
> Philadelphia, and
> "I Dreamed I Was Frida Kahlo in My Delicious
> Corset," inspired by the
> Mexican artist.
>
> A preview showcasing eight of the garments will be
> on display for the
> month of January in the windows of The Art Institute
> of Philadelphia
> at 1610 Chestnut Street in Center City.
>
> Amy McConnell, co-owner of Delicious Corsets and the
> event organizer,
> was inspired by the courage of her friend Andrea
> Collins-Smith, a
> 38-year-old mother of six recently diagnosed with
> stage 4 inflammatory
> breast cancer (IBC). "When Andrea was diagnosed, I
> felt the need to
> act," said McConnell. "With the help of these truly
> talented and
> generous artists the Delicious Corsets family can
> raise money and
> awareness of this disease."
>
> Bidding for the corsets will be open online
> throughout the month of
> February at www.corsetsforacure .com, concluding on
> February 29th,
> 2008. Funds from the sale of the garments will
> benefit the Linda
> Creed Breast Cancer Foundation, a Philadelphia
> non-profit organization
> specializing in breast cancer education, early
> detection and support.
>
> The fundraiser on February 1st will feature the
> sounds of DJ Glitz and
> a performance by the Bawdy Girls, and is
> co-sponsored by P.I.N.K.
> Vodka, Triumph Brewing Company, and Pabst Blue
> Ribbon Beer. A raffle
> will be conducted at the opening reception to
> directly benefit the
> family of Andrea Collins-Smith.
>
> For more information, visit www.corsetsforacure .com.
>
>
> "The Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation is
> committed to promoting
> breast health, fostering the healing process and
> establishing a public
> agenda for prevention and cure. We accomplish this
> by offering access
> to mammograms and diagnostic tests, through
> education and outreach, by
> providing financial relief, and by driving an
> effective advocacy agenda."
> www.LindaCreed. org
>

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Under-bust or over?

2008-01-23T13:18:37Z

I find I prefer under-bust corsets. I've got 2 bustier's (sp?) and they just never seem to fit quite right. Maybe I'm not binding them properly, hard to say. But I LOVE my under-bust corsets! I wear them under or over my clothing on any given day...they're too pretty not to show off, ya know?

Anyway, I'm just curious about any one else's experiences.

-K

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Gemma Atkinson's Boobs Promote Lingerie in Scotland!

2007-12-19T01:40:25Z

http://www.celebparasite.com/890/Gemma_atkinsons_boobs_promote_lingerie_in_scotland.html

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Queen of Corsets

2007-11-10T22:14:58Z

http://www.cathiejung.com/

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the best corsets

2007-10-29T00:46:28Z

http://sexploits.excite.co.uk/news/675/Our_pick_of_the_best_corsets

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Take a look at this shop!

2007-10-19T17:12:50Z

www.jenngee.etsy.com

What a lovely idea for any corset and/or coffee lovers!!

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Wow

2007-10-09T21:26:41Z

Look at all these new members! Welcome! Please post, especially as Halloween approaches I hope to see lots of cool photo's,

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Halloween Costumes

2007-10-04T19:25:11Z

Please photo's of Halloween Costume Corsetry.

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Article About the Comeback of Corsets -"Tie-me up, Tie-me down"

2007-09-14T22:17:36Z

Like God--as the etymology of the word tells us--the Fetish does not reply.

Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse, 1977

THE FETISH DOES NOT REPLY because the fetish is so eloquent that words are irrelevant. A case in point is the corset, newly fashionable (again), as a cursory glance at the fashion press will tell you. This taste for the close-fitting was inevitable, I suppose. Once women's clothing had been deconstructed about as far as it could be and still sit on a hanger, the pendulum was going to swing back the other way. So we are entering an Era of Reconstruction. Construction means structure; construction means an altered consciousness of the body and that body understood in a particular way. The sylphlike waif is making way (again) for the creature with rounded tits and ass and a defined "natural" waist. But not to worry. If Mother Nature didn't bless you with Venus-like curves, Karl Lagerfeld's new "Wundercorset" (designed for Chanel) can give them to you--if you can afford it. Cheaper ways to get that "firmer line," as Women's Wear Daily calls it, will soon be in your neighborhood store, hanging right next to the by-now-famous "Wonderbra." Whether women will buy into the structured look is not yet certain. Many of us, however, will admit to an independent (and prior) fondness for the corset, and for the mild restraint it provides. It's nice to know you have a body, and a corset will never let you forget. Then there's the erotic resonance of the object, and of the word itself, conjuring scenarios of ancien regime licentiousness, hidden Victorian sexuality, etc. And finally a well-made corset, with its complex construction and its multiple laces, buttons, and bows, is a thing of beauty, an object worthy of the voyeuristic or narcissistic gaze. Almost able to stand on its own, it makes you stand up too (and we all know what that means). God, or the fetish, is in the details.

This preamble leads me away from fashion and the ever-fetishized female body to the story of Pearl, corset-maker extraordinaire and himself a devotee of the discipline of tight-lacing. When I first saw Pearl, at the press opening of the "Waist Not" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he was standing before a drawing of a woman's torso marked to show where the fashion waist has fallen during different historical periods. Then he quietly doffed his suit jacket and, just as quietly, blew my sleep-encrusted, caffeine-deprived mind. (It was about 10 A.M.) The astonishing Pearl, you see, has a 19-inch waist, and looks as if he could be snapped in two.

That morning Pearl's waist was embraced, its narrowness accentuated, by a brown-leather belt made to the pattern of one belonging to Jeannette, the "lady" who is giving Pearl, as he later told me, "a corset education, among other things." After all, the 17-inch example of Scarlett O'Hara notwithstanding, you don't come by a wasp waist "naturally," or easily either. Tight-lacing may or may not be a perversion; it is certainly a vocation, a discipline, a triumph of the will. And it takes time. Pearl has been in training with Jeannette, London's principal disciplinarian, for three years--24 hours a day. He sleeps in his corset, which he wouldn't show me, though he did say it was designed by Aris Norris, a noted English corsetiere.

Pearl made me see the simplicity of excess--and its obscene depths. I've read my Bataille and my Sacher-Masoch, been to the Dungeon, know my share of dominatrixes. But printed words and role-playing cannot convey the experience of the "real" fetish. One has to fall silent--like the fetish--before enacted belief, rethink one's attitude toward this esthetic of deformity. For tight-lacing surely is an esthetic, and just as surely involves castigation of the flesh.

Activities like Pearl's involve a transfiguration of the self, a metaphysical transaction between self and other in which flesh is deformed to be perfected, as a saint is perfected in martyrdom. Talking to Pearl, I felt myself in the presence of something sacred, almost expected to see his palms stigmatized and his eyes roll heavenward as he wafted away from me to a better place. Kant thought of fetishism as the degraded sublime.(1) Maybe the degraded sublime is a good thing; maybe it's all you need.

The fetish is often derogated because of its intimacy, as if that were the source of its perverseness, its obscenity. What Pearl does, though, is private but not necessarily antisocial. He sees the corset as part of a ritualistic pas de deux of desire, one you don't have to be into tight-lacing to share; erotic satisfaction is guaranteed for all. (I figure Jeannette is getting something out of it too. So much for the fetish's onanism.) During our evening together, in fact, Pearl spoke of the corset as a "sociable garment," because he feels you really need a friend to dress you in it and release you from it, preferably a friend with a "sure hand." Just think of it as safe sex.

Pearl makes corsets for fellow (or soror) initiates, but he also makes less demanding, and equally beautiful, fashion versions for Thierry Mugler couture and private clients. The fetishist may wear the corset not so much for itself as for its work on the body--its ability to make a mark, to leave a trace on fallible flesh. For those of us born--that is, made--women, proficient in the masquerade, a corset is the perfect thing to wear while musing not only on the construction of the "perfect" body but on what that body might mean.

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Weird Pattern Drafting assistance?

2007-09-13T22:11:06Z

I recently sewed this costume (http://www.lafnmoon.com/saloon_girl.htm) out of olive crinkle taffeta, and added leather and metal embellishments for a Steam Punk themed party that I attended. I called the finished product "Steam Punk Saloon Girl," since I wore only the bodice and bustle/drape with no skirt. Like so: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunascura3/1366563111/

I loved the costume but I never really fell in love with the way the bodice fit me. I did a lot of nipping and tucking and it still looked a bit blocky on me. And frankly, I'd like to make the costume a little more over the top and sexy.

I've decided that I'd like it to have an overbust corset instead of the sleeveless bodice. And I'm pretty sure I have enough extra fabric to do this.

However, I am somewhat of a novice at corset making (I've only sewn one corset using a Vogue pattern and it came out wrinkly as hell) and I've never drafted my own corset, so I need a little help.

As you can see in the pictures on the Laughin Moon website, the bodice for this costume has a set of ruffles/folds at the back that lay across the top of the bustle. I'm fairly certain I'd have to forget any idea of the corset lacing up the back if I wanted the corset to have the folds at the back. I could draft it to lace up the front or forgo the lacing entirely and stick with a simple busk at the front. I guess I could get complicated and put lacing panels up the sides. Either way, I don't need any reduction since this is a costume piece I'll be wearing at a convention and it will need to be fairly comfortable. I would just like something that looks like a corset and has a nice fitted shape.

Also, I am really not sure how I would draft the ruffles/folds onto a corset pattern so that the back of the corset lays over the bustle at the lower back without smashing the top of the bustle.

Like I said, I've never really done any pattern drafting, so I'm hoping that there is some way to take an existing pattern and meld it into the back of the bodice pattern. Or perhaps there is already a corset pattern that has been drafted to fit over a bustle?

I'm open to suggestions...to lace or not to lace? Side, front or back lacing? How to combine a corset pattern with the bodice pattern? What corset pattern to use for a Saloon Girl costume? How to transform the bodice pattern into a corset and leave the ruffles? What type of boning to use and where?

Just to be clear:
I am not trying for reduction. I am more interested in creating a nice structured shape.
I want the end product to look like a CORSET as opposed to a bodice.
I am not attempting to be period accurate.
I realize that I am a novice, but I am also FEARLESS.

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Welcome new Members

2007-08-31T18:46:09Z

Welcome, some new people have joined over the summer welcome all!

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Interesting Link

2007-08-31T18:00:15Z

This is a little of topic, but my friend sent me an interesting link, www.gothic-charm-school.com/ , very cute and funny.

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I thought I'd share this...

2007-08-31T17:58:56Z

How to properly lace a corset...

http://www.waspcreations.com/howtol.htm

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Corset Traing, Waist Training

2007-07-17T12:58:46Z

Taken from FAQ, page of Exquisite Romantasy Corsetry, - www.romantasy.com

Q. I was wondering if training your waist at a young-ish age is easier than at an older age? I'm 16 (going on 17) and I've been looking into corset training for years.

A. You have asked an important question, one that has an easy factual answer: Yes.

Fashion historians say that there were at least two approaches to corseting the young during Victorian times. One approach put girls into structured unboned, or lightly-boned, bodices, then later, into boned corsets, starting at the age of eight or ten. The other approach did not corset the young lady until she reached mid- to late-teens. We can speculate that it was the latter group of girls who most complained and inveigled against corsets and tight-lacing, because their bones were more formed at that time and their bodies less accustomed to restriction, than were the younger corseted children. Also likely is that the younger group enjoyed much smaller waistline dimensions throughout their corseting practices.

You have not asked *a much more crucial question* that must be addressed before you, or anyone, jumps into serious waist-training or remarkable waist reduction, even on a temporary basis. And that question is, "at my age of 16 is it HEALTHY for me to waist train?"

If you-- like Romantasy-- value and believe that health comes first, then you will avoid serious waist training now, and only wear corsets with a 2-3" temporary reduction, and from time to time as fashion garments. The reason? Women's bones do not complete growth until age 20 and older! If you begin to restrict their growth now, you increase your risk of osteoporosis in your later years, something you may not appreciate now, but you will when you reach the post-menopause stage of your life.

For the above reasons, we will not accept a student into our formal ROMANTASY Waist Training Coaching Program until she is at least 21 years old. On rare occasions, after an email or telephone exchange with a young caller, we will make a custom corset with a moderate waist reduction potential. However, we must be convinced that this client shares our priority of health first. We must also be convinced that she has common sense, and agrees to exercise it at all times when wearing a corset.

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Corsets for Health

2007-07-17T12:43:24Z

Advantages and disadvantages of corsets:
1)Corsets can reduce pain and improve function for people with back problems or other muscular/skeletal disorders.

2)Some large-breasted women find corsets more comfortable than brassieres, because the weight of the breasts is carried by the whole corset rather than the brassiere's shoulder straps. (Straps can chafe or cut the skin.)

3)Corsets can instantly improve the figure without dieting, slimming drugs, or cosmetic surgery.

4)Corsets can make the wearer feel hotter. They have been most often worn in cool climates.

5)The best corsets are custom-made. The more closely clothing or lingerie clings to the body, the more carefully it must be fitted to look and feel right. In modern times, when labour costs much more than materials, custom clothing can be extremely expensive. Even finding a competent corsetiere can be difficult.

6)A badly fitting corset can chafe, impede digestion, even pinch nerves.

Two doctors' opinions and advice on corset wearing can be found at the website of the Long Island Staylace Association - www.staylace.com

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Timeless endeavors

2007-07-12T11:59:29Z

My interest in corsets comes from my activities in doing historical trade fair reneacments, primarally the fair at new boston where everything is authentic time period. I like vintage things, and seeing as that corsets fall in that category I thought I would join this tribe. Neat idea, thanks for starting this tribe!

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Corset Link

2007-07-10T15:04:21Z

www.passional.net

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Welcome All

2007-07-09T16:30:32Z

I started this tribe because I spent Sunday afternoon in a friends shop, being "laced" up and felt that there was a need on tribe for such a destination. Most of the corset photo's are taken from my friends website for the shop, if you are interested check it out, www.passional.net.

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