Making a Corset for a Masquerade Ball
There's a club night in Glasgow called Club Noir which is a burlesque show and everyone comes dressed according to the theme set for the night. It also happens to be the home of Chelsea Dagger from the Fratellis song.
My friends and I were going to the Venetian Masked Ball and so I needed a corset. The last time I'd made one was for a project at school and I hadn't included boning or anything, it was very basic, but I decided to use the same pattern I had mocked up then and add boning to it.
I already had a mask and so the colours of the fabric and trim were very much chosen to compliment that. I chose a purple raw silk and a silver zig zag trim as well as some silver ribbon as a fastening at the back. I added boning to the seams, which gave it some structure and my mannequin was very useful in making sure it was made to fit me.
