I Wore a (Medical) Corset for 5 Years. How do Victorian Corsets Compare?

The first 1000 people to click the link will get a free trial of Skillshare's Premium Membership, and after that it's only around $10 a month. https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner11201 First month's ad revenue for videos containing sponsored content is donated to a selected charitable organization. Revenue from this video will benefit Strajk Kobiet, an organization advocating for women's rights alongside the current protests in Poland. For more information or to make a donation yourself, visit https://zrzutka.pl/strajkkobiet. References: The two-part video series on making the Victorian reproduction corset can be found here- Pattern testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhc05WtISV4&t=653s Sewing process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWzXDuwrAgQ&t=174s Abby Cox's experience wearing 18th c dress (including her experience in stays): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyWnm0Blmh4 'Every Woman's Encyclopaedia' c. 1910 for an Edwardian exercise routine: https://archive.org/details/everywomansencyc02londuoft/page/864/mode/2up (Images of exercise instruction taken from this source.) [1] Studies on the resiliency of internal organ composition and permanent alteration only being found in those corsetted from young ages is referenced in Steele, Valerie. “The Corset: A Cultural History”, 2003, Chapter 3. Want to get started with hand sewing? 🧵 🕯Check out my Skillshare original course, “Hand Sewing Basics: Working Wonders with Fabric, Needle & Thread”. To sign up for a free tria