Arts Ed Fittings

As all the actresses where available we ponced on an opportunity to go do a first fittings. I had one corset fitting before with Graham which had gone very well so I felt confident going in to fitting and being able to conduct my self in a professional manner. There was a worry of it begin out of my comfort zone and there would be no tutor support but I had to trust in my own making and altering skills.







I was very pleased with the fit of the corset. All the panels and side seams where place correctly and panels seemed to be in portion to the historical pattern. The actress felt comfortable in the corset and it had room to go tighter once the actress got used to it.

The alterations needed -

- bring in on Bottom of the CF 1cm each side to get rid of excess
- Follow the chalked bottom design line for better finishing off shape.

Once the fitting was over we clarified some questions with Ase-

- The pattern we were working from indicating using a Spoon busk. Researching into them they are expensive and wanted to noe wat the client (Ase) would prefer. Ase suggested looking for a spoon busk in a Soho haberdashery but they can be hard to find and expensive so a straight front will do also. We shall collect information and email her choices.

- As Ase is suppling the materials we suggested to email bone sizes needed or we could buy them and email recepts and reimbursements. Ase prefered if we email her sizes and she send them to us.
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- We asked if she has any decoration preferences for the corsets. Ase gave us free reign on that and suggested some lace and if time permit flossing. If I do run out of time up to hand in, I intend to add the flossing before I hand over to Arts Ed.

Overall very pleased with today and am feeling impressed with my pattern drafting skills. As I’ve already said this is a weakness for me and not many fitting happened with out so little adjustment. The next step is to recut the corset in the pre-washed drill and add top fabric.