Corsetiére
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2016
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
Well, this was a bit of a surprise! A friend was moving and said she has a bunch of antiques clothes she wanted to give me. When she dropped them off in a plastic garbage bag, I took a cursory glance and it looked like your typical lot of 1860's women's clothes - interesting but nothing particularly unique or special. I'm always interested in historical clothing, because I'm corsetmaker, as my career, and have worked on period dramas like Mercy Street - so of course I took the clothes to study at a later date. Months later I finally had a chance to really look at things and look what I found! At first I just assumed it was possibly a fraternal society coat, then I noticed the buttons! LOL! Here's some photos of me goofing around with it before I knew the value of what I had! Can you believe it?! Now, I need to get an acid free box for it! ha ha!
Now I kind of want to create a reproduction to actually wear! Who has the best pattern?!
Now I kind of want to create a reproduction to actually wear! Who has the best pattern?!