Hello Everyone!  Happy New Year!  Just a quick update with some quick snaps of a corset we finished the other day for the shop - it's a 20" pointed under bust corset in a deep purple duchess satin.  It's so tiny and gorgeous!  I don't have a clothing model small enough for it (and I still haven't got around to drafting up a soft body one) but I wanted to share some photos of it anyway :)  I will be doing a big construction post on an Iris Norris corset that a client was kind enough to let me photograph so keep an eye on our journal.  Anyway, on to the photos!

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Just a quick update - we had a couple quick snaps of the fantastically gorgeous Rosie wearing one of our custom leather corsets in fuschia leather with cream piping and trim.  We're pleased to bits with the way it turned out and were even happier when we received the photos of her wearing it!

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Just a quick post - we had the extreme pleasure of receiving a custom order for one of our leather corsets in the most amazing colour combination ever - fuschia and cream!  We took a few quick photos on a camera phone and will hopefully update soon with photos of the customer in the finished piece.  It was super fiddly to work with (leather always is), but it went together beautifully and we're super happy with how it turned out.

Hey everyone! Long time no speak!  We've been silly busy lately and have been utterly rubbish at photographing new work before it's sent and keeping this journal up to date!  We are working on a few special snazzy pieces though, so watch this space.

Also, whilst routing through some old photos, I came across some work from our first photoshoot and I thought I would share a couple!  The red corset is our eyelet detail corset and the the lavender dragon brocade one is our pointed under bust corset.


           

Hey everyone!  Just a few quick photos of a few corsets we finished recently.

First is a baby pink duchess satin pointed under bust corset with gold piping and trim - it was a custom order that we made for a client a few weeks back:

It was such a  joy to make - we really liked the colour combination!

Next is an over bust piping detail corset in deep red duchess satin with black piping and trim.  The first photo shows the corset as a work in progress - almost finished but untrimmed and without the modesty panel sewn in:

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Just a quick update - we recently completed a custom over bust corset trimmed with the most gorgeous and luxurious lace and we wanted to share a few photos :)  They are both close-ups of the trim itself.  Thanks!

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Just a quick update - the shop have updated their new items page with our diamonte detail corset . 

It's made with lush deep grape purple silk satin and just under a thousand matching Swarovski crystals.  We think it looks amazing laced up with contrasting white ribbon! 

Front facing photo here and lacing shot here :)  Go check it out!

Awesome stuff!  We think threnodynvelvet  looks fab!

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Just a quick photo update with a corset we finished the other day - it's our pointed under bust corset in this absolutely gorgeous emerald green silk - it was *so* nice to work with.  We took some photos of the corset last night (when the light wasn't great) so I took a few close-ups this morning to give you a better idea of the colour as the flash distorted it a bit :)

Enjoy, and have a good weekend everyone!!

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Just a quick update with some hastily taken photos (on my camera so they're a bit rubbish...) of one of our bridal corsets (this design is currently available exclusively through the shop.)

It's a close-front corset made out of white silk dragon brocade - it doesn't quite fit my antique clothes model, but it gives you an idea of what it looks like. 

( more dragon goodness... )

I just thought I would share another under bust corset that we finished this week :)  It's a pointed under bust corset in black duchess satin.  More to come :)

I just had to share!  The gorgeous Mama Dixie from Pink Box Burlesque sent me a few photos of her in her new front lacing corset from our site.

It's made with black butterfly silk brocade accented with onyx Swarovski crystals and pink ribbon up the front...we think she looks incredible!

Gosh, it's been a while!  Just a quick photo update - we finished up one of our piping detail corsets for a customer at the shop the other day and just had to share, as we thought it looked fab :)  I love polka dots! 

Many thanks to the lovely saiira  for modelling!

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I hope you guys had an amazing Christmas and a super New Year!

We are back from our holidays now, and to ring in the new year, we are having a sale on all our pret a porter designs until January 12, 2009!

We've taken 15% off our regular prices :)

So yes, if you're interested, come check us out at www.corsetrouge.com

Thanks!!

Hey everyone :)  I hope you all had a great Halloween!  Just a few quick photos really.  The first is of a new fabric that we have added to the site, mainly a super gorgeous light turquoise floral brocade!

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Just a quick post really - I went shopping to my favourite habadashery the other day, and he had....gold busks.  They are so pretty!  He told me this ludicrous story that the factory he ordered them from in Germany told him that they are actually gold-plated....we both had a good laugh anyway ;)

They're not something I feature regularly on the site, but I have bought some in because I'm sucker for new stuff when it comes to corset making.  So I figured I'd do a special offer on them on here :)  Super limited edition - first come, first serve!  They are 11" busks, and are what we use in our underbust corsets.  If you're interested, drop us an email on gold @ corsetrouge . com

Also, just so everyone knows well in advance, last orders before the Christmas holidays (yes, it's that time already) is November 15th.  Anything that is ordered after that date (unless it is a rush order, but we won't be accepting many, tbh) will be dealt with after we return from our Christmas holidays on January 5th, 2009. 

Take care!

Well!  As I alluded to, I have been working on a custom order for a lovely customer and will be handing over the goods tomorrow.  She was kind enough to let me take some photos of it on the lovely saiira :)

The corset itself is modeled on our classic over bust design but is custom insofar as the size is concerned.  It's made of a ruby red silk satin (it's actually one of the most expensive fabrics I have ever worked with) with a matching trim that was cut on the bias.  The ivory crochet lace is accented with siam Swarovski crystals (which match the fabric so well it's unreal).  The ribbon garters are hand made (they were so much fun to make...) This corset also has straps (not shown in these photos) which attach by way of a little button on the inside of the corset itself.

So yeah :)  It took a while longer considering than I would have liked (all the fittings were done in person and it's a 200 mile round trip) but I am really happy with the results.  It's just beautiful.  It's making stuff like this that reminds me why I love sewing so much - it was a joy to make.

Anyway, I waffle.  No one really reads this anyway ;)  It's all about photos!

As the pink one I posted the other week is already gone....

...and it's not because we've not been insanely busy here at Corset Rouge....it's more down to me being rubbish and not having a camera!

However, it's all sorted now, so I'd thought I'd post a quick update :)

Firstly, I wanted to share a photo of a lovely corset that is currently in the shop display window at the moment!  I wanted to make a something a bit different, so I put together something new for the shop - it's our classic over bust corset design but with horizontal bones at the bust.  Also, all the flowers are encrusted with aurora borealis Swarovski crystal - I thought the colours complimented the fabric perfectly!




Also, I've been working on something a (custom order!), so I've included a bit of a teaser photo - I'm hoping to have some proper ones taken in the next few days.  I must say, it's one of the most opulent corsets I have ever made - the red fabric is pure silk satin, and it's probably one of the most expensive (if not *the* most expensive) and luxurious fabrics I have ever worked with.  Add that to the hand-turned embroidered lace which is jeweled (again, by hand) with Siam Swarovski crystal....you get the idea.  More to follow!

WOW! What a beautiful day!  I don't know about you guys, but the sun is streaming down here in Corset Rouge land, and we are feeling very summery!

Anyway, we have to gorgeous new brocades up on the website - very pink and very cute.  Perfect for summer :D

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend!