I made a corset - back support like it's 1899

Published: 14 April 2021
on channel: Vintagebursche
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Men wore corsets - especially in the Victorian and the Edwardian era. Since I have a desk job and thus a bad posture, I was curious whether a corset might help me with that. So I made one according to a pattern from 1899.

Table of contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 A brief history of the male corset
02:09 Sewing setup
03:09 Sewing process
05:01 Results and final thoughts
07:08 Outro

A great overview for corset construction methods and a better explanation of the double welt technique I used is this video by the wonderful Morgan Donner:    • 3 Ways To Make A Corset  

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I bought the Laughing Moon Mercantile pattern as well as most of the ingredients at Nehelenia in Germany: https://neheleniapatterns.com/

You can find more info and context on Thomas Chews corset here: https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/201...

Music by Borrtex from the album Coalescence

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