Corset Fashion Show

The corset fashion show being produced by Farthingales will be presented Friday, October 22nd 2010 during the Creativ Festival in Toronto.

The show will be about 45 minutes long and will feature over 30 corsets that will have been designed and executed by over 16 different individuals! The corsets will be made by a wide cross section of people - most of whom have limited corset making experience but are artists in other areas. Those with minimal corset experience are pairing up with people who will help guide them through the process so this is a serious team effort! The designs are just now beinging to come in and the diversity is amazing. Everyone will be putting their own spin on what a corset can be. Look for knit corsets, painted corsets, and everything from historic underwear corsets to goth look corsets and even corsets for business wear.

If you can't make it to the show on October 22nd there will be a display of some one them at the Farthingales booth for the balance of the weekend.

Corset Fashion Show

Creativ Festival


That’s no spelling mistake it truly is “creative” without the “e” and the “Creativ Festival” used to be known as the Creative Sewing Festival. www.creativfestival.ca

This is Farthingales big event…in fact it’s more than just big because this year we’re exhibiting, Linda’s teaching a one day corset making class and she’s producing what will be a fashion show like no other! A corset fashion show, that’s not about lingerie.

So what’s so interesting about this corset fashion show? How do I explain it….perhaps “corset consortium” sums it up. A group of women and a few good men are joining together to create corsets and model them. I presented the idea of a corset fashion show to some people I know and ended up with 24 volunteers. Ages range from teens to…well somewhere above my 49 . We’ve got novice sewers and professional sewers and everything in between and we’ve got mentors for those who want them. We’ve got models and back stage management, make-up artists and photographers, jewelry makers and fabric painter and a whole load of enthusiasm. Many of the models will be modeling corsets they designed and built themselves and we have no doubt you’ll see some garment you love because every one is developing their own idea of what a corset can be and bringing their own art to project. I don’t want to let any secrets out of the bag but some of the ideas have even had me in awe and I’ve seen a lot of different corsets! What I can say is you’ll see bridal, evening, historic, fantasy and some amazing needle work details.

The show will be held on Friday, October 22nd during the Creativ Festival at the Metro Convention Center in Toronto. The fashion show is free with admission to the Creativ Festival and if you can’t get there for the show you can still see some of the corsets on display at our booth #838.

Come discover what corsets can really be, they’re so much more than “old underwear”!

New Years Eve Corset

We've had several calls this week for women looking for corsets to wear New Year's Eve and few were looking for underwear corsets. This is great news for us at Farthingales L.A. as we've always seen corsets as a great fashion accessory. A little black corset can go a long way! We've approached various boutiques about carrying our corsets as fashion accessories but with the economy in the state that it is none have been willing to take the risk. However two lingerie companies have shown interest and one already has some "little black" corsets on the floor. So if you're wanting to complete your party look and live in L.A. check out Luxe Lingerie on Camden in Beverly Hills.