A corsetmaker is a specialist tailor who makes corsets. Corsetmakers are frequently known by the French equivalent terms corsetier (male) and corsetière (female). A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them. ... It has been suggested that Waist cincher be merged into this article or section. ...

The best corsetmakers are highly skilled tailors, and have some knowledge of anatomy which enables them to make well-fitting, long-lasting corsets. In addition, corsetmakers who produce historical styles need to be familiar with historical fashions and costumes from hundreds of years of history.

Individual corsetmakers often favour a certain style, and frequently have theories about the physical impacts and benefits of corsets that influence their corset design and construction.

Design of corsets

Some of the considerations of corset design are: 1. Duration of use.

For short-term use, e.g. used for a special event such as a wedding. This corset will be rarely worn and will not show visible wear, and therefore does not need to be of the highest quality of construction.

For long-term use, e.g. by Tightlacing or waist training. Corsets of this kind must be made to the most exacting standards, and are best custom-fitted and designed for a sole user. If it has one weakness, it will be visible.

Nubian wedding with some international modern touches, near Aswan, Egypt Preparing for the photographs, at a wedding in Thornbury Castle, England A traditional Japanese wedding ceremony A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony which celebrates the beginning of a marriage. ... Cathie Jung (born 1937), wearing a sterling silver corset, holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person, at 38. ...

Famous Corsetmakers

• Thomas Paine
• Daniel Kops
• Dianna DiNoble
• Amy Crowder
• Cathrine Griswold
• Inès Gaches-Sarraute
• Psydde Delicious
• Fakir Musafar
• Puimond of PUIMOND progressive corset design
• Autumn Carey-Adamme of Dark Garden

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fakir Musafar (born 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is considered the father of the modern primitive movement. ...

See also

Modern Day Corsetry Puimond progressive corset design link

External links

• Corset information community
• dmoz.org Corsetmakers
• Yahoo group 'Corsetconstruction'
• Livejournal
• Corsetry - Myth, Legend & Lingerie. Article investigating the myths and truths of corsetry.