Wilde Hunt on IFB – Links a la Mode
Our post about antique embroidery was chosen for the Independent Fashion Bloggers series Links a la Mode. Read on to discover other great fashion blogs…. Gift of Glamour With all the dazzle of this week’s Met Gala and the upcoming excitement of the Great Gatsby, this summer is going to be all about glam.
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Antique Textile Adventure – Part Two: Antique Corsets
This is the second installment of my blog series about my visit where I was kindly given special permission by the curators to study items at The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textile Collection. If you missed my first post on embroidery, click here to catch up
Or click on “Read More” below to learn about antique corsets
Antique Textile Adventure – Part One: Embroidery
Last week I was permitted the unique opportunity to go back to my alma mater and spend the day studying antique corsets, gowns, and embroidered textiles at The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Because wonderful things deserve to shared, I asked my dear friend Roxanne McGovern of 3Graces Jewelry to come along with me to my appointment to view the items I had requested. I know many of you who follow my blog also have a lot of interest in antique textiles, so I decided to write about my experience in order that all of you could enjoy the beautiful garments as well. I saw and photographed quite a few items, so I will probably split up the experience into several blog posts for ease of reading.
How to Lace Up A Corset By Yourself
Watch our new video to learn how to properly lace up a genuine steel boned corset. Visit our informational page for the free lacing diagram.
La Carmina Wears the Anatomist Corset in Oddities New Season Trailer
La Carmina can be seen wearing the Anatomist corset at 0:13 in this trailer for the new season of The Science Channel’s hit show Oddities! This television show follows all the interesting (and odd!) things that are bought and sold in Obscura, a unique antique store in NYC. It’s one of my favorite shows on TV right
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Photo Shoot in an Art Installation
Madonna Corset Sells for $52,000
Bloomberg reports that a Gaultier corset worn by Madonna in her Blond Ambition tour sold at Christies auction house for $52,000.
Chamillionaire Music Video Corset
Our gold Deco Corset Dress was featured rather prominently in a new music video release promoting the video game Dead Island: Riptide. Here are some stills from the video No Room In Hell with the Grammy award wining and platinum selling artist Chamillionaire.
Red Cat Corset Complete
I’m packing up this cat corset right now to ship it off to a client in California and I thought I’d share it with you first.
