Elizabethan stays

Period Corsets traveled back in time to the days of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, to help costume Seattle Shakespeare Company'...

Historical 18th century style corset with lacing on the back. The half-boned stays are designed using a pattern from the era, only slightly modernised. The straps in this model are adjustable. Metal boning provides structure and support, creating the iconic silhouette of the era. I offer a custom made copy of this corset in any fabric you like. We can discuss all the available options to pick a perfect one for you. When choosing a corset size, please go for your natural waist measurement…

While working on a Tudor era gown, I was struggling with fit issues on an unstructured gown. The key there is "unstructured". My modern body technically fit the gown, but my posture and shape wasn't quite right for the historical bodice. I opted to make a pair of bodies (pre-cursor to stays which were the…

Reversible 18th century style corset with lacing on the back. The straps in this model are connected to the back and can be tied and adjusted at the front. Metal boning provides structure and support, creating the iconic silhouette of the era. I offer a custom made copy of this corset in any fabric you like, we can discuss all the available options to pick a perfect one for you. If you intend to wear it everyday - choose steel boning, as it's less likely to deform the corset from everyday…

Elizabethan stays by Redthreaded on Etsy

After blogging about the process of reconstructing the earliest pair of surviving English bodies that were found on the 1603 effigy of Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey, one of the most f…