[ SECRET POST #5724 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5724 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The ONLY reason Victorian fashion is "flattering" is the underpinnings. Take it from a maker whose partner is a wearer. You'd best be wearing a corset and bustle or nothing will even fit you, let alone flatter you. OTOH at least Victorian corsets, properly made, are not uncomfortable - which is why you see them heavily used in steampunk and other aesthetics. Those coats are tailored with extra fine-line seams meant to fit over a corset, so without one, the only people it would look good on are people who are natuarally hourglass-waisted with a small bust and precisely-sized hips. Take away all the seaming and you have a men's square boxy blazer.

[philstar22]

I love corsets. Someday when I have the money I'm going to buy a real professional one. Right now I only have some store-bought ones, but even those I love how I feel in them. When I'm in the mood to feel sexy, that's what I wear.

[(Anonymous)]

I highly recommend any corset-focused makers in your area or region, if only because if you need any custom work, someone near you would have an easier time getting it done vs someone clear across the country. In the upper midwest I highly rec Scoundrelle's Keep but they serve a small region of Minnesota, Iowa, and nearby states. I also rec chatting up whoever does the con circuit (scifi more than anime) AND RenFaire circuit nearest you, because that's the person/shop who, if they can't do custom, will know who will give you the most bang for your buck and will happily send you to them.

We bought some excellent pieces from a UK maker during the pandemic but their bust-to-waist ratio was off, so they were far too large in the bust even for my ample partner. I had to take them all in. It's much easier in the long run to get someone who can work with you from the get-go, and do it locally or local-ish. Less shipping hassle that way.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, I'd much rather have clothes that fit due to attainable underpinnings than clothes that only fit if your body shape is Right.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

honestly same; building pretty things for the other half is fun but I personally attend the same events in Japanese historical because yukata and hakama (not even court wear or armor) are so fucking comfy and I don't have to do any underpinnings at all.

which is why I get where OP is coming from but they also don't really understand that the reason anything looks so good is because of the unattainable underpinnings in the first place. with anything historical, fantasy, etc, having a background grasp of what goes into the clothing looking so good on the body helps decide what you really want out of clothing. that goes for past, present, and future, really.