“I like that Underwear As Outerwear look”
“I’m too old for it.”
“It looks great on Susie Bubble“
“She’s half my age”
“Hey, look, Vanessa Williams is wearing a corset on Ugly Betty, and she’s older than me.”
“Vanessa Williams is a Hollywood actress, a former pop singer, and a former Miss America. I am not now, and never have been, a Hollywood actress, a pop singer, or Miss America. I am a forty-something suburban housewife.”
“Oh, look, I have this great fabric that looks sooo Marie Antoinette.”
“By the time Marie Antoinette was my age, she was dead. And she was Queen of France, something else that I will never be.”
“Look, I finished it!”
“It’s kind of cute.”
Front. I did not have a separating zipper, so I just used an invisible zipper, and extended it below the bottom edge. I put a snap on it, so I can tuck the end under and snap it up. I must remember to get a couple of separating zippers to have around.
back
I embroidered a circus elephant on the back lining
For a pattern, I used the corset included with OOP Vogue 2086. It may not be the end-all-be-all of corset patterns, but if you consider that it was there in my closet waiting for me when I wanted to make a corset, it’s pretty sweet. If you have a favorite corset pattern to recommend, please leave a comment. I would like to see if another draft would fit me better.
Rolling in Cloth 