Corsets question (Frederick's of Hollywood)
What one here would you say looks the most Victorian, in terms of cut and fabric?
http://www.fredericks.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Corsets&Page=1&dir=ViewAllDept
Personally, I think the Hollywood Dream Corset would look the best peeking out of a "gentleman's" shirt, it's the most popular, and I figure there's a fair chance that it will be in stock, let alone on sale the next time I walk into the Frederick's near me. I found a small site about Victorian corsets, saying that women mostly enjoyed pastel corsets, so I'm sure I'll at least have a nice color range to choose from without being too anachronistic.
http://www.fredericks.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Corsets&product%5Fid=51786
I already own their "Renaissance Corset" and it's serving me well, along with a Lip Service waist cincher.
*I know that steel boning and a custom corset is better for waist cinching and more historically accurate, but it's really not in my budget and I take good care of what I have. Many of my friends LARP and are very talented seamstresses, they've bought from Frederick's and later replace the boning with steel when the plastic becomes too worn out. Many of them also lace it very tightly and wear the corsets very often at Amt Gard, Renn faires, and the local Goth club. I wear mine very rarely.
http://www.fredericks.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Corsets&Page=1&dir=ViewAllDept
Personally, I think the Hollywood Dream Corset would look the best peeking out of a "gentleman's" shirt, it's the most popular, and I figure there's a fair chance that it will be in stock, let alone on sale the next time I walk into the Frederick's near me. I found a small site about Victorian corsets, saying that women mostly enjoyed pastel corsets, so I'm sure I'll at least have a nice color range to choose from without being too anachronistic.
http://www.fredericks.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Corsets&product%5Fid=51786
I already own their "Renaissance Corset" and it's serving me well, along with a Lip Service waist cincher.
*I know that steel boning and a custom corset is better for waist cinching and more historically accurate, but it's really not in my budget and I take good care of what I have. Many of my friends LARP and are very talented seamstresses, they've bought from Frederick's and later replace the boning with steel when the plastic becomes too worn out. Many of them also lace it very tightly and wear the corsets very often at Amt Gard, Renn faires, and the local Goth club. I wear mine very rarely.