OSTARA: ‘THE GODDESS COLLECTION’
by lacedunlaced
Having drafted the pattern several years ago I recently found the time to make up one of my personal projects: a longline girdle inspired a 1940’s utility corset from my own vintage collection.
OSTARA is the second corset in ‘The Goddess Collection’. Ostara is the Nordic Spring Goddess.
The corset is constructed from a silk taffeta backed with coutil (pin rolled pieces). Centre front and centre back casings also made with silk backed with coutil
For this sample I chose to omit the underbelt seen on the original 1940’s garment focussing on cut and shape over making a historically accurate reproduction. For a detailed study of the original Avro garment follow the link to my other blog.
The corset is finished with gold hardware including the busk and eyelets contrasting nicely with the silk- a little out of my comfort zone as I don’t tend to work with gold. I chose to use a busk the length of the centre front panel rather than the original garments reduced length and hook and eye feature to the lower section.
The corset is decorated with gold tone hand cut lace applique and finished with bead and sequin embellishment.
Pattern drafted using CAD system
Plain finished corset front view
Plain finished corset back view
Progress of lace application
Being watched…
Flat lay of the finished corset with lace application
Close up detail of lace
Finished corset
Finished corset on the mannequin
Finished corset on the mannequin front view
Just before writing this article I used the corset in a photoshoot. I’m really excited to show you the images in a later post.
TWILIGHT SIREN 
Your work is stunning!! I would love to one day make a corset (or an array of them!) as lingerie but also incorporated into steam punk outfits and historical garb. Where did you learn your skills? Felicity 🙂
Hey! I started out by doing a couple of external courses on corset making- I always loved corsetry from about college age. I then went to study Contour Fashion at DeMontfort University which is a specialist course in Lingerie, shapewear and corsetry and where I learnt the basis of pattern cutting. The rest is self taught throuh experimenting, trial and error with patterns and construction techniques. 🙂
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