The Gibson Girl look was a stuffed bra— so I made an Edwardian corset and put pads under it!

Edwardian corsets were essential to the Gibson Girl look, very different from a Victorian corset, and used tons of padding to fake the fashionable shape. Find out what goes under this corset, and then signup for your FREE trial of Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/eWb530siJKe Edwardian era fashion was very different from Victorian dress, even in the 1890s, and nowhere more so than corsetry! The Gibson Girl style included an s-bend corset or straight front corset, which had a low full bust supported by bust improvers. Yes, bust improvers were literally pads to stuff your corset with, and they're essential to Edwardian corset making! This is how the Gibson Girl fashion appeared to have such a tiny waist : bust improvers and bustle pads made the silhouette more dramatic. Optical illusions and faking the figure are super common in dress history! I want to make a Gibson Girl dress or two, so I need a correctly shaped Edwardian corset. This Edwardian corset tutorial uses a free pattern by Aranea Black (linked below). I found this corset pattern super comfortable, although it probably isn't for beginners. In this corset making tutorial, I'm making a single-layer corset with boning channels added on the inside. As corsets go, I think this is one of the easier ones! I'm looking forward to wearing this 1900s corset under the next Edwardian dress I make! Edwardian fashion is one of my favorite periods in fashion history, and I'm especially excited to have the right Edwardian outfit for some