March 6, 2012

a completely different 1911 corset


I've been called from my desk/sewing machine and will be out of town for the next week or two. I won't be able to post any images of the 1911 corset until I return. I will have sporadic corset related posts though, starting with this patent of a completely different 1911 corset.


The back adjustment system is something I plan on trying. It will be a few corsets down the road, but there is a Corset and Crinolines pattern I have in mind for testing it out. I will not be bathing in the corset though.

For those working on sew along corsets, keep sewing, keep posting images on the flickr page. Even though I won't be adding updates about my corset for a bit I'll still a click or two away to answer any questions that come up as you are constructing your corsets.
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  1. RyanMarch 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM

    I'm sure by bathing they mean swimming (and by swimming they mean wading into the water because I'm sure actual swimming would be difficult).

    I can imagine though that being able to get this off quickly when wet would be nicer than trying to undo wet lacing.

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  2. JoMarch 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM

    I agree, this corset was designed to be worn under a swim suit, with stockings, like this.

    http://uchicagoadmissions.tumblr.com/post/8772577772/1910-students-swimming-in-lake-michigan

    Good point about the wet laces, this would have been a better system.

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  3. ELMOMarch 8, 2012 at 9:22 PM

    I like that it's adjustable, and the open design on the back. Would swimming corsets have had whalebone and not steel (which would eventually rust?).

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    1. AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM

      I don't think it could have been whalebone for a bathing costume, the moisture would have absorbed in the whalebone and made it go soft again not giving any support to the wearer...

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    2. ELMOMarch 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM

      I'm not sure that would have been a bad thing for swimming. If not whalebone, then what? Maybe not bones but cording?

      Jo, I think we have a mystery for you.

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    3. JoMarch 9, 2012 at 9:37 AM

      The patent copy mentions casings with "stays or steels." Rust proof steels were certainly around by then and I imagine they would have been used.

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