Bralettes, Bustiers, Corsets, Call Them What You Will...Would You Wear One?

Fashionista covered a variety of on trend bralettes, bustiers and corsets today. I believe these are quite wearable, otherwise I wouldn't be producing these for flesh.

If you're looking for these, I have a bunch in a variety of knits and laces. Now selling at:

Home 101

2530 Shattuck Ave

Berekeley, CA 94704

and

Wonderland SF

2929 24th St

(between Florida St & Alabama St)

San Francisco, CA 94110

nina

I didn't catch this bustier in the A/W 10/11 Nina Ricci RTW show. This image, which I found on Fashiongonerogue.com, is from the August issue of Vogue Nippon and Eniko Mihalik is the model. I'm not sure why this piece was styled the way it was on the runway but I still love it the same. Have any of you been wondering what the difference is between a bustier and a corset? Because I have!! As I've been using the two terms interchangebly I had a feeling I was using them inappropriately. Corsets are typically designed to emphasize curves by cinching in the waist while bustiers are designed with a built in cup to give lift to the bust area.

(image viafashiongonerogue.com)

(image via style.com)

(image via style.com)

pride

I'd been itching to attempt another bustier project...so much that I had two going on at once. Here's one I finished for my friend Dalen to wear for the pink party this pride weekend. I love me a good challenge every now and then. This was my first time fitting another person for a bustier...and I really couldn't tell if Dalen's man figure was working to my advantage or working against me. I say this because he has a relatively boxy frame, which makes sewing non-curvy seams really easy. I guess I was just really struggling to find the areas to "push up". Instead I padded the bust area. With more time I would've liked to build up that portion a bit more with some real underwire and cups. Check out the process:

 (muslin fitting)

 (mid-sewing progress, lining and fashion fabric...yes that's dupioni silk woven with silver metallic thread! It wasn't cheap!)

(Dalen pre-wig, sorry for the not-so-clear photo, hopefully I'll have some better ones to show soon)

bustier finished!

So aside from all my other ongoing projects (ie. flesh., fashion show, pattern drafting class, and photo shoots (I'll have photos upload on those as soon as I get access to a cd drive)) I've also been working on a bustier. I was absolutely in love with my fabric finds so it took me a while on this one. After mulling over every detail I finally have it done! I wanted this to be so much more interesting in terms of the cut but I think what I gained from this was an excellent fit...can't complain. Well time to eat! ;P