Corset Fashion Show Entry

The corset fashion show will take place at the Toronto Metro Convention Center on October 22nd 2010 during the Creativ Festival. While Farthingales is producing the show there are about 32 women involved and a couple of men to! Everyone has submitted sketches or descriptions which means everyone who originally signed up is still on board which is pretty incredible for a volunteer project.


Kathi is the first one I've got some photos from; as a fiber artist with no corset building experience she's focusing on the fabric. She's creating two corsets for the corset fashion show. One corset is being featured in A Needle Pulling Thread magazine in a three part series - check out the August Issue for the first installment.

Several fabrics cut into bits and pinned securley between two layers of net.

The second corset Kathi is working on will be built from the same corset pattern - a modern take on an 18th century corset. She's taken several fabrics, cut them into bits and with decorative machine stitching anchorded them between two layers of open net. This one of kind fabric is only being used as a detail; it's being combined with other purchased fabric.

There will be over 30 corsets on the runway during the corset fashion show and many will be on display for the balance of the weekend.  So mark you calendar and book a day off work Friday October 22nd this is a show worth seeing.

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.