THE GODDESS COLLECTION PART 1

A little while I shot a series of images with Grace Elkin Photography and I’m delighted to finally share some of results with you including part of the ‘Goddess Collection’: a capsule collection of corsets. 

FREYA (the Nordic goddess of  love, beauty, fertility) is the first corset in the collection. More on the inspiration and construction can be found here.  Teamed with the limited purple ASTA body and leg harness SET.

OSTARA (The Nordic Spring Goddess) is the second corset in the collection based on a vintage 1940’s pattern from my personal collection. More on the inspiration and construction can be found here. 

Teamed with the limited KISA harness in a matching purple elastic with gold hardware

CREDITS

PHOTOGRAPHY: GRACE ELKI PHOTOGRAPHY 

MODEL: KIM SMALLWOOD
All the items can be found in our online shop. 

Im so pleased with the outcome. More images to share soon from this shoot! 

VELLAMO: ‘THE GODDESS COLLECTION’

This week I have finished off the third corset in ‘The Goddess Collection’

VELLAMO is the goddess associated with water, lakes and seas in Finnish mythology.

I developed the corset as a move on from my 14 panel underbust pattern used for the Freya corset. I wanted to create a slightly longer corset bringing the sides down level with the top hip and creating a wave like effect with the lower edge. I made a slightly bigger waist reduction bringing the corset to finish 19″ fully closed.

From the initial toile of the pattern I decided to raise the side upper level by 0cm at the centre front to 1cm at the side to 1.5cm at the centre back. I also dropped the side front lower edge of the corset by 1cm to 0cm at the centre front creating a softer curve. I dropped the side and centre back by 1.5cm to cover slightly more of the hip.

I chose a lilac shot with turquoise silk taffeta backed with coutil for the final corset. I chose to use gold features with the busk and eyelets at the back. The corset was finished with the purple metallic thread lace applique in keeping with the Freya corset.

Just before adding the binding to the upper edge I cut down the centre front upper edge by approximately 1cm to give a smoother curve.

The VELLAMO corset can be made to order here. Customise the fabric choice and choose between plain and lace decorated finish.

BEHIND THE SCENES: SHOOTING WITH GRACE ELKIN PHOTOGRAPHY

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Grace Elkin Photography shooting lots of harnesses and corsets for the Etsy store. 

All our items are made to size order using luxury materials and components 

Here are a selection of shots I took behind the scenes. I can’t wait to show you the final images.

Model/ MUA: KIM

The ‘OSTARA’ corset from The Goddess Collection

The ‘OSTARA’ corset from The Goddess Collection and ‘KISA’ harness

The ‘FREYA’ corset from The Goddess Collection

PENTACLE harness bra and PENTAGRAM suspender belt and mesh cincher

‘MIMI’ lace full body harness

White ‘TALIA’ harness bra and high waist brief and white mesh corset

White full body harness

Find all the items in the Etsy store.

OSTARA: ‘THE GODDESS COLLECTION’

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.

FREYA: ‘THE GODDESS COLLECTION’

Over the last few weeks I have finished off several new corsets but have not had the chance to document them yet. Hopefully over the next few days I’ll get the time to catch up with some writing and share my recent works.

FREYA is the first corset in a mini series captioned the ‘Goddess  Collection’. 

Freya is the Norse Goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic. Her name derives from the ancient Norse word for lady of Mistress

 The pattern was taken from a previous customer order and measures 20″ waist. It was constructed from 14 panels of silk backed with coutil. 
The corset features a silver busk and eyelets for lacing. It is decorated with hand cut metallic lace embroidery, appliqued to the front panels and finished with bead and sequin embellishment.

Flat lay of the corset before embellishment

The Freya corset on the mannequin before embellishment

Hand cut metallic lace from an all over mesh fabric

Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon hand sewing the lace kept company by my cat Torstein

Flat lay of the corset with lace embellishment

Trying on the Freya corset for fit

The Freya corset can be made to order from the Etsy store. 

Just before writing this article, the corset was used for a photoshoot. I can’t wait to share the images with you in a later article.