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Evidence of corsets being
worn go back as far as
ancient Crete but it
was Catherine
De Medici who
instigated their
popularity when
she enforced a
ban on thick
waists at court
in the 1550s !
Plain and patterned coutil and large selection of fabrics sold in pre-dyed natural state.
Online & phone orders.
Worldwide shipping. Express/Courier Delivery.
Bradford, BD7 4EQ, UK
0044 (0)1274 576718
Corsetry supplies, fabrics, corset kits, patterns. Tutorials and handy
corset making hints.
Worldwide shipping.
Online orders only.
Oxford, OX29 6PW, UK
Shop in central London stocking corsetry and lingerie supplies
including, bones, busks,
fabrics and lacing.
Phone and online orders.
London, W1S 1AT, UK
0044 (0)20 7629 0311
Corsetry, bra and lingerie
supplies including fabrics.
UK Online orders only
Based in East Stockwith,
DN21 3DG, UK
Ex corset makers. All corset making sundries
and fabrics including
reed for historical stays.
Online orders only.
Worldwide shipping.
Express & Courier offered.
Poole, BH14 9ZL, UK
Busks, boning, patterns, lacing, corset kits.
Also bra making and
millinery supplies.
Worldwide shipping. Online and phone orders.
Philadelphia, 19125,USA
00 1 215 413 8259
All corsetry supplies and fabrics.
Worldwide shipping. Online orders only
Ontario, N5A 2P8, Canada 00 1 519 275 2374 [email protected]
Corsetry
Supplies
Corsets are held together
with lacing which,
according to the time period, are laced
from top to bottom,
bottom to top,
or both top and bottom
using two laces
to fasten at the middle.
The word Corset is derived from the old french word "Corps" and a diminutive of "body".
Corset supplies and fabrics.
Worldwide shipping. Online and phone orders.
California, 90034, USA
001 310 837 4997
Corset supplies, patterns
and fabrics.
Worldwide shipping.
Online and phone ordering.
Bonen, 59199, Germany
0049 2383 912946
Corset supplies, fabrics and patterns for lingerie
and swimwear.
Stockholm, 118 22, Sweden
0046 8 663 57 01
Corset and bra making supplies and fabrics.
Online and phone ordering.
Worldwide shipping.
New South Wales, Australia
0061 2 9629 7569
Use Plasti Dip
to coat the
cut ends of
continuous boning.
Hampshire, GU32 1QR,
0044 (0)1730 823823
Corset and lingerie buckles
and medical fastening supplies.
Germany
0049 (0)7161 6718 16
Typically made of coutil and stiffened with whalebone
the modern corset is now made with plastic coated steel or spiral steel strips
United Kingdom
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Rest of Europe
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Outside Europe
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