Learn the secrets of corsetry in this one-day practical session with Lorraine White, owner of White Lane Corsetry. Covering the essential skills in manufacturing, identification, use of specialist materials and historically accurate techniques, this workshop will give you the grounding to construct your own beautiful corset pieces.
Each participant will be provided with a kit consisting of specialised fabrics and genuine corsetry components to ensure an ideal outcome is achieved.
About the speaker, Lorraine White
Seamstress by day, corsetiere by night, Lorraine White indulges her love of vintage and couture through the bejewelled world of burlesque and corsetry.
Drawn to fabric and vintage fashion from an early age, Lorraine’s passion for textiles found focus when she fell in love with corsetry during tertiary study and has been developing her skills in this genre ever since.
Lorraine combines her considerable skills in textiles and interest in preserving the history of this art, to craft exquisitely constructed and embellished corsetry for the glamorous showgirl!