The book that every budding corsetier should read is The Basics of Corset Building by Linda Sparks. It is an incredible resource that discusses in detail how to build a corset in a way that is pretty easy to understand, in my humble opinion.
I lucked out in that I actually met Ms. Sparks. She's incredible, and gave me a lot of advice. She even signed my copy of the book!
I know I said that there was only one book, but then again the other thing I'm about to recommend isn't really a book. Every person who wants to make corsets should read the Corsetmaking Revolution at http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/downloads/CorsetmakingRevolution2.pdf
My good friend was kind enough to share this with me. Essentially this download (for lack of a better word) is about how to draft a corset pattern! It's amazing, and I use the skills I learned in it all the time. Let's face it, for something as structured and fitted as a corset you can't really use a standard pattern, nor should you be restricted to that!
Anyway, that is all for tonight lovelies! If there is something specific you want to know and would like to see a whole post dedicated to it, leave a comment. You should leave a comment either way, but certainly leave one if you want to know more about something specific.
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