My experience has been that making a corset with gores is actually a VERY good way to fit it, especially when fitting someone with a challenging shape (i.e. very round, wide hips but hardly any bust, etc). I have primarily used the "Laughing Moon Victorian Underwear corset--the Silverado", which comes with a selection of 4 possible bust gores (although I have taken the liberty of modifying the pattern to accomodate hip gores if more necessary) . Gores are small and it makes the pattern a bit more labor intensive, so for someone who is inexperienced it can be dfificult. I myself, have never had a problem with using hte gores, I just go slowly. The pattern instructions included, while generally good, don't really address how to place the boning when using various sizes of gores, but I figured it out myself and have had good success.
The Laughing Moon one is the only corset pattern I"ve used with gores, but since I started with fantasy corsets, I haven't used many historical patterns,i nstead I've developed my own and modified others for myself. I do teach classes in making a corset, and the first thing we do is measure and fit to develop a correctly sized pattern for that person, then they make a permanent pattern. I think your objective sounds fantastic. Yours in cosutming, Lis aA On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:15:34 -0400 Michael Deibert <michaeljdeib...@gmail.com> writes: > Good morning everyone! > > I'm doing some research into corsets, and thought it best to start > on here > where many of you already have research. While I know a lot > regarding > corsets, I have two main focuses. > > The first is regarding corset patterns. I am hoping to develop a > corset > pattern and thus would like to be able to have as many corset > patterns to > base it off of as I can. While any corset pattern works, I am > specifically > hoping to find Victorian era corset patterns with hip and/or bust > gores. > From the many companies out there currently selling commercial > pattersn, > there are few who focus on corsets with gores. I am looking at > trying to > simplify the process of grading for different sizes, and believe > that there > might be a way to accomplish this with gored patterns. So if any of > you have > or know of patterns that I can get, please direct me in that > direction! > (Remember copyright laws and direct me to where I can find things, > rather > than just copy and paste.) > > Second, the little research I've done so far indicates that during > the > Victorian eras, there were many corset patterns that used gores - > yet many > of the current commercial patterns focus on those without. Is there > a reason > for this that anyone might be aware of? Is it easier to fit without > gores? > Are gored patterns more difficult to make up? Any help in this > direction is > also a huge plus! > > Please don't shy away, the more I can accumulate, the better my > final > pattern shall be once it is ready! Thanks in advance! > > Michael Deibert > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
