In my second year of university, we had a rotation that was solely focused on the design and generation of corsetry. I thoroughly enjoyed this module as corsetry was one of my main focuses for choosing the degree of Contour Fashion.
My sketchbook was a very rough generation of ideas and I struggled with my concept for a long time. I wanted to focus on structural architecture as I felt this related quite closely to corsetry (with the use of strong lines and sculpting), but as I furthered my research, I became inspired by the tension/struggle of nature to accommodate man-made architecture.
The final garment was an over-bust, under-wired, cupped, hip-flared corset. It was constructed of embroidered floral mesh, rigilene boning, corsetry mesh with a centre front steel busk.
This page I don't feel illustrates the amount of work, trial and error and research that goes in to this project but the sketchbook outlines most of the documented work.
Please see below the final imagery for the DMU 2nd Year Corsetry Module Rotation submission.
