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  Corsetry or Corsetmaker Definition for the Clothing Industry
Corsetmakers are frequently known by the French equivalent terms corsetier (male) and corsetière (female).
In addition, corsetmakers who produce historical styles need to be familiar with historical fashions and costumes from hundreds of years of history.
Individual corsetmakers often favour a certain style, and frequently have theories about the physical impacts and benefits of corsets that influence their corset design and construction.
www.apparelsearch.com /Definitions/Miscellaneous/Corsetry_Coresetmaker.htm   (272 words)

  
 The Corset College
A place for amateur and professional corsetmakers to discuss their art
Share your personal experience with the corsetmakers you have worked with
Sell your old corsets directly, link to your ebay auctions or ask whether someone has corsetry related articles for sale.
www.corsetcollege.net   (130 words)

  
 Part 4 history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
They were allowed to help, but in the end corsetmaking remained a men’s craft.
The corsetmaker would simply not be denied the joy of fitting.
These moments are the subject of many more or less piquant etchings: the lady trying her best to keep a modest face, even though the corsetmaker measures, feels and fumbles to his heart’s content.
english.corsetworld.com /000000951413f4c06/00000095141439624   (535 words)

  
 Gothic Corsets
The skill of making corsets is known as ''corsetry'', as is the general wearing of them.
Someone who makes corsets is a ''corsetier'' (for a man) or ''corsetière'' (for a woman), or sometimes simply a ''corsetmaker''.
The most common use of corsets is to slim the body and make it conform to a fashionable silhouette.
www.frozenup.com /pages9/37/gothic-corsets.html   (1436 words)

  
 Corsets Resource Page - coreset plus size
Corsets have long been used to achieve a fashionable silhouette, and for purposes of body modification, such as waistline reduction.
There were, and are, many different styles and types of corsets, varying depending on the intended use, corsetmaker's style, and the fashions of the era.
Corsets were first worn during the 16th century, and remained a feature of fashionable dress until the French Revolution (1789).
www.globalcpr.com /Corsets.html   (1265 words)

  
 Thomas Paine Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Yet two years later he stood at the center of the stage of history, a world figure, an intimate of great men, and a pamphleteer extraordinary.
Paine was born in Thetford, England, on Jan. 29, 1737, the son of a poor farmer and corsetmaker.
He went to sea at 19, lived in a variety of places, and was for a time a corsetmaker like his father, then a tobacconist, grocer, and teacher.
www.bookrags.com /biography/thomas-paine   (1274 words)

  
 TIME.com: Spreading the News -- Jul 4, 1976 -- Page 3
He is a failed tax official, a failed tobacconist, a failed husband, and a frequent failure at the humble trade to which he was apprenticed—that of corsetmaker.
His second wife paid him £ 35 as part of the agreement by which he left her house (she is reported to have said that they never consummated the marriage, but his only comment is, "It is nobody's business but my own").
His ambition was to set up as master of an academy for young ladies.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,712272-3,00.html   (700 words)

  
 corsetmakers: Hey y'all, my mom and I are going to sta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
corsetmakers: Hey y'all, my mom and I are going to sta
Hey y'all, my mom and I are going to start a corset for me...
I want to be able to wear it under off-the-shoulder or strapless gowns, etc. Problem: we live way in the hinterlands (aka Indianapolis, Indiana) and are therefore out of reach of a corsetmaker, corset supplies, and other desperately needed items.
community.livejournal.com /corsetmakers/872550.html   (621 words)

  
 essays research papers -- thomas paine
Thomas Paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford, England.
He was the son of a farmer and corsetmaker.
He went to a local school until the age of thirteen.
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 Creators of Fine Lingerie Maximize the Minimum
Now the fifth largest textile group in Italy, La Perla had a modest start in the '50s, selling out of a Bologna apartment.
At the time, Ada Masotti, the founder of the firm, was a concierge and part-time corsetmaker with a clientele of elegant, upper-class women.
Beginning with two sewing machines, Masotti, with the help of her business partner and traveling salesman, Ubaldo Borgomanero, built an empire, employing 2,500 people and producing 20 product lines, from lingerie to women's and men's wear.
www.iht.com /articles/1992/03/07/ling.php   (814 words)

  
 American Patriots
In November 1774, the thirty-seven-year-old Tom Paine arrived in Philadelphia with a letter of introduction to Benjamin Franklin.
Paine, a former corsetmaker's apprentice and low-level tax collector, was drawn to abolition as much by his sympathy for antigovernment politics as by his Quaker background.
Franklin helped Paine become editor of The Pennsylvania Magazine, where his first published article, "African Slavery in America," appeared on March 8, 1775.
partners.nytimes.com /books/first/b/buckley-01patriots.html   (1513 words)

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