Corset, c.1901

Another old project which never got posted; I made this corset for wearing with my linen traveling suit for an event in June 2023. I ended up wearing it with the edges raw, and then it spent another two years in my to-do basket before the binding got added.

Nothing like a photo to reveal the last few threads that need snipping.

 

I used the same material and hardware as for the 1870s and 1890s corsets: busk and 1/4" spring steels from Wawak, second-favorite coutil from I-forget-which supplier (might have been from Renaissance Fabrics). The pattern is one that was custom-drafted for me by Marie of The Fitting Room, right before everything shut down back in 2020. It's based on the corset design of c.1901 on page 84 of Nora Wraugh's Corsets and Crinolines. 

I was looking for a corset that I could use for as much of the 1890s-1910s as possible (since I don't do enough events from that time to get multiple specific corsets), and while it's not really a substitute for the longer-lined corsets c.1910, it is much easier for me to put on than one of those would be, while also being closer to the desired shape than any of my earlier corsets.