I made a corset - back support like it's 1899

Men wore corsets - especially in the Victorian and the Edwardian era. Since I have a desk job and thus a bad posture, I was curious whether a corset might help me with that. So I made one according to a pattern from 1899. Table of contents: 00:00 Introduction 00:58 A brief history of the male corset 02:09 Sewing setup 03:09 Sewing process 05:01 Results and final thoughts 07:08 Outro A great overview for corset construction methods and a better explanation of the double welt technique I used is this video by the wonderful Morgan Donner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWWyCDTLHM More great videos on corset making or historical context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwTqanp0Aw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rExJskBZcW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Tm7mAraTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvm_oo4oVfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_uajctBIEE I bought the Laughing Moon Mercantile pattern as well as most of the ingredients at Nehelenia in Germany: https://neheleniapatterns.com/ You can find more info and context on Thomas Chews corset here: https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2013/07/09/suck-it-in-purser-thomas-chews-corse/ Music by Borrtex from the album Coalescence Instagram: https://instagram.com/vintagebursche Twitch: https://twitch.tv/vintagebursche Facebook: https://facebook.com/vintagebursche Blog: https://vintagebursche.de/?lang=en You want to sew your own vintage menswear? You can order our sewing ebook (including patterns) here: https://vintagebursche.