Last december I was contacted by my friend Stephanie if I wanted to participate for a shoot with the theme “Lovers” She was able to borrow some awesome Mohawks from Pioro Blue, and needed some dresses to go with it. Luckely I had something in the same shades lying around. So on a cold december […]
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This year I decided to finish this red silk corset I started about 2 years ago. I was a little lost on how to finish it. In the end I decided to finish this corset using the things I love the most. Februari is the month of love after all. Delicate lace and flossing are […]
Historical corsetry and especially Edwardian corsetry is special to me. The unusual lines creating lovely shapes just grabs me every time. This time I made an Edwardian corset out of silk. For pattern I used the s-curve pattern from the book corsets and crinolines. I did change the bust a bit to give it […]
Paris adventures! Last year I went with Richard Terborg and Lisa on a road trip to Paris. We both wanted to go somewhere where we could be inspired by different surroundings and meet up with different people. Since we wanted to bring loads of stuff we went by car. Driving is Paris was quite adventurous […]
Introducing a new corset for the Couture Curve collection. The Serena corset is a lovely light short corset. This corset is longer than a waspie but shorter than the Alathea corset. The Serena is about 24-26 cm long at the front, making is great for people with a shorter torso or who just want to […]
Dutch Masters floral corsetry. If you follow my work on instagram you may have noticed that I love floral prints. Recently a new sort of floral print fabric came on the market. Specifically a floral fabric named Hollandse meesters (translated Dutch Masters) I think that this floral print is inspired by a painting of […]
Here are some underbust corset I finished recently. They are all underbust corsets and yet they are all different. In both construction, materials and fit. I shall try to explain a bit about each corset and its construction method. First a gold silk underbust corset. This corset has a coutil strength layer, as gold […]
The corset body In 2016 a lovely client contacted me to make a corset body. I had never done that before but I was excited about the challenge. And boy it was a challenge The difficult part of a corset body is that it does not stretch, at all. After all you do not want […]
This is one of my most recent commissions. A lovely lady asked me to make her a wedding dress. But not a long, white, trained wedding gown, but a short, fun lace wedding gown. I loved making it. It features a satin underdress, in dark green. Over it sits 3 meters of black lace. It […]