Bespoke corsetry made in Canada
Face masks and scrub caps, & supporting Toronto Small Businesses are what is on tap here, let me tell you all about it! Short story: I’m selling face masks to help fund my donations of scrub caps for nurses, and masks for organizations, like Toronto’s Covenant House, Toronto YWCA, All Creatures Rescue, Toronto postal workers,…
Today, I posted this picture on my Instagram, because the leaves on the ground and Halloween just around the corner reminded me that it was 6 years ago today that I was recovering from a microdiscectomy and laminotomy surgery. I wore a corset to help take the pressure off of my disc, and alleviate the…
I am very excited to announce that I will be teaching corset making classes in the Toronto studio! Beginners Corset Making, Advanced Corset Making, Patten Drafting For Corsets And Advanced Corset Making Techniques. In our Toronto Corset Making Classes, at the beginner level, learn how to make a single layer coutil corset with steel bones,…
When you look at a corset, one of the first things you notice, after the curve, is the silver busk closure. A busk is the traditional steel eye and pin closure at the front of a corset, the mainstay of modern corsetmaking (see what I did there?) Busks as we know them today…
Look at me go, two blog posts in a row, Hooray! This time, I want to tell you about the rest of the gowns. Like this one above that was inspired by a swath of heavy dusky pink lace I had found that I turned into appliqués, and sleeves. The outfit was built…