Love them. Just make sure to use them like you would reeds or baleen:
ie every channel or every second channel. And make sure to bone the
entire thing or get some additional support in there. Metal is a newer
material and essentially allowed for a lot of cutting back of the
amount of boning require
They do work well; they just have different properties than other
types of boning. Zip/cable ties provide much lighter support and
stiffening than steel of the same thickness. They bend more easily,
which makes them ideal for the areas of a corset where you want the
corset to shape itself to the
put on over it.
They are only now being replaced with an effigy style body, made with flat oval
reeds this time. I wanted to see how well reeds hold up in comparison.
Kimiko
--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Penny Ladnier wrote:
> From: Penny Ladnier
> Subject: [h-cost] Corset boning with zip ties
&g
Hi
I made a set--works very nicely..and I'm not small. I cut the ends off
and rounded them.
They are in two layers of canvas...
Ta
Carol
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At 06:11 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
If you are a size 22, these are not strong enough for a corset. I
tried.
Susan
I'm about a size 22 and they worked fine for me. I just made certain
that the boning was pretty solid.
Joan Jurancich
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At 05:52 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
What a clever idea!
However, does it retain any kind of shaping to the wearers silhouette?
Sidney
I haven't noticed any problem with that.
Joan Jurancich
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At 05:40 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
There is an interesting topic on the USITT costume designers email
list about using zip ties for stays in corsets. Has anyone tried
this? Here is a URL for an example:
http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/CaraGreenleaf/Chain%20and%20Dresses/?action=view¤t=C
I had made many corsets with duct ties. There's a big difference in
stiffness between duct ties and zip ties. Duct ties are with the air
conditioning stuff at home depot. They're about 1/2" wide and I usually buy
the ones that are 36" long. I love working with them because they're easy to
trim with
This is a zip-tie corset:
http://anvil.unl.edu/emma/clothing/images/undies2large.jpg
http://anvil.unl.edu/emma/clothing/images/undieslarge.jpg
I find zip ties to be a little bulky, and I've had problems with them wearing
through the fabric pretty quickly. However, I've only just now made my firs
If you are a size 22, these are not strong enough for a corset. I
tried.
Susan
On Mar 1, 09, at 8:40 PM, Penny Ladnier wrote:
There is an interesting topic on the USITT costume designers email
list about using zip ties for stays in corsets. Has anyone tried
this? Here is a URL for
What a clever idea!
However, does it retain any kind of shaping to the wearers silhouette?
Sidney
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Penny Ladnier wrote:
> There is an interesting topic on the USITT costume designers email list
> about using zip ties for stays in corsets. Has anyone tried this?
There is an interesting topic on the USITT costume designers email list about
using zip ties for stays in corsets. Has anyone tried this? Here is a URL for
an example:
http://s214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/CaraGreenleaf/Chain%20and%20Dresses/?action=view¤t=Corsetbonesuncut.jpg
The professors
> "However, whalehone, like plastic, adapts to the body shape
> over time; and I have some old instructions about turning the bones
> over when that happens."
Firstly thanks to Fran for bring this up. It's been told tiem and time again
to communities where there is a negative attitude to plastic
"However, whalehone, like plastic, adapts to the body shape
over time; and I have some old instructions about turning the bones
over when that happens."
That's why I thought about combinating plastic and metal. At least for the back
and the front of the corset I'd use something like spring ste
The thing is--the modern costuming community is subject to trends and
fads. Plastic corset boning isn't currently trendy, though almost any
other kind is. It is, however, incorrect to assume that a corset needs
bones like something you'd use to support the Golden Gate Bridge. The
period way t
There seem to be a couple ways to wear drag. One is as a serious
attempt by a male to look like a female; the other is camp, or
essentially a costume joke. I still remember the team of (all genuine)
ex-Marines in miniskirts who had an act goose-stepping balletically
together down Market Stree
I like Vena cava design - I can actually order only from the UK companies, as
the American or Canadian have too expensive shipping to Europe. I think VC
design have everything necessary, including the spiral steel bones or many
sorts of plastic and steel boning.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a
In a message dated 06/12/2006 13:38:52 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My favorite corset supply on-line order place is Farthingales (mostly
> because I'm in northern Ohio, and they're just over the border in Canada so
> the
> shipping is very very quick): you can see their spi
Maybe you could use the man's corset pattern from Laughing moon
http://www.lafnmoon.com/113_underbust_corset.html
One of the mistakes a lot of travesties make is that they use to much
makeup.
And colors that are too hard.
Greetings,
Deredere
Lavolta Press wrote:
If it as a modern woman
> I've a question for all corset makers here: which kind of
> boning (steel or plastic) would you use for a Victorian -
> style corset (if not a real whalebone)? And generally, what
> experiences do you have when using steel or plastic boning?
> Do you mix them as well?
> I'd really like t
When discussing plastic corset boning, remember there are several
types of plastic available. There is a "featherboning" that is often
sold with a fabric covering, Wissner that comes in a couple of widths
and thicknesses (and is supposed to be similar to whalebone), and
Rigiline. Rigiline i
If it as a modern woman, a Victorian corset is not the thing.
Speaking as a resident of San Francisco, I can say that the things that
really give away a transvestite are the size and shape of the hands and
wrists, the size of the shoulders, and often the shape of the jaw.
Fran
I haven't pick
Longer post w/pics later tonight cos I'm about to go run errands, but in the
late victorian/edwardian era there are men's corsets--you might want to base
the one you make on them, at least in terms of design & construction, if not
shape. (They were generally marketed towards older military men,
the corset, not under.
Bjarne
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I haven't picked out any
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At 19:08 05/12/2006, you wrote:
Whalebone is now illegal, but the support and flexibility of the old stuff
are pretty
I haven't picked out any exact pattern or image, I don't know exactly how the
corset is going to look like yet. The basic idea is of a corset without gussets
(or with as little as possible), with rather vertical seams.
I got a very special (and very funny, too) order from a man who bet with
s
You can actually purchase whalebone legally from Inuit traders. This was
on a discussion list I was looking at last week. I have a bundle of
genuine corset whalebone inherited from an elderly corsetiere, ands
while it is flexible like modern plastic boning, which I like for other
periods, t
At 19:08 05/12/2006, you wrote:
Whalebone is now illegal, but the support and flexibility of the old
stuff are pretty similar to modern plastic boning.
Fran
I use spiral steel for all Victorian era corsets, with straight
steels either side the lacing holes, and a steel busk in the centre
fro
Whalebone is now illegal, but the support and flexibility of the old
stuff are pretty similar to modern plastic boning.
Fran
I use spiral steel for all Victorian era corsets, with straight steels
either side the lacing holes, and a steel busk in the centre front if
required. I would never u
At 18:09 05/12/2006, you wrote:
What style of Victorian corset do you plan to make? Do you have a
pattern/image picked out? How regularly do you plan to wear the
corset--will it be a daily thing, on the weekends, a few times a
year, or only once?
-E House
I use spiral steel for all Victor
What style of Victorian corset do you plan to make? Do you have a
pattern/image picked out? How regularly do you plan to wear the corset--will
it be a daily thing, on the weekends, a few times a year, or only once?
-E House
PS-- you might want to join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Historical_
The more you tight lace/squish in, the more you need steel. If you are
looking for a period silhouette without tight lacing, plastic works just
fine. When I make corsets, I use plastic corset boning for everything
except a busk, as I am not overweight, have an average bust size, and
have no d
Hi,
I've a question for all corset makers here: which kind of boning (steel or
plastic) would you use for a victorian - style corset (if not a real
whalebone)? And generally, what experiences do you have when using steel or
plastic boning? Do you mix them as well?
I'd really like to hea
Somewhere there's got to be a FAQ...
On 18cWoman (a Yahoo group) we've discussed boning materials a number
of times. "Plastic" covers a wide range of things, from the prom
gown featherboning to various weights of the German plastic which is
supposed to most closely resemble whalebone in
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