Adding on

Writing this the night that I got back from my Victorian dance weekend and I am absolutely exhausted, but in a very very good way. The last couple days have been a series of furiously fitting, cutting, sewing, and sewing some more, culminating in the ball last night. My gown was done mostly (I'll get into more in the next post), but I had something to wear that I was proud of (and got several compliments on). But I ramble. In order to get to my dress, my goal was to complete a new corset, as my current victorian corset I made as a second project in high school. This first corset was aesthetically pleasing because of the satin coutil used, and semi-fit at the time, but a) didn't fit my current shape and b) wasn't made using proper fitting techniques. So I was more than over due for a new victorian corset.
Like my first corset, I turned once again to the laughing moon victorian undergarments pattern because of their availability as well as knowledge that it produced a good fit. This time I chose the "dore" view over the "silverado," mostly because I just didn't want to deal with bust gores while fitting.

I'd say overall, the pattern gives a nice shape and fits much better than it's predecessor. The corset itself is made from leftover coutil from 2010, a french brocade I found in the NY garment district, lined with kona cotton, and boned with spiral steel boning (some of which was cannibalized from its former). Metal eyelets are used in the back, along with a steel busk in the front.