beaded corset

Was making a beaded corset for a class at school the class finished. I got the item done before the class finished but I wanted to embellish it more.  So I am adding beads to it still.  For the class I had to draft and pattern from a sloper and fit it to me then do the modifications to cinch in where I wanted it to.  The tapes that form the vertical stripes on it are antique batten berg tapes.  The corset has a spoon busk and spiral boning.

The mannequin scene in the photo above and the ones before I found on face-book marketplace super inexpensively.  It is a functioning S curved corset which accommodates pigeon breast shirts well.  One of these days I need to name my dress-forms.  The photos below are not mine but from the original seller.  She had inheritaded it from her grandmother and had no use for it.  I was so excited to add her to the family of dressfoms in my home.

A new face in the store..

This is Ellie she is the new head model in the store I got her about 2 months ago and just didn't have time to take photos of her with the move and all.

I love having her as my model it means less floating hats in just black space and it doesn't have to be my face under any hats.

Which is something I am all for the less photos of me the better in my opinion I usually do not like my photo taken just sort of funny that way.

I should get some new family photos though oh well have to wait on that for now.

The last two hats are new in the store today.