Propositi per il nuovo anno - Resolutions for the New Year

Quest'anno ho intenzione di tradurre tutti i miei post in inglese, in modo da dare un respiro internazionale al mio blog.
Ma lettrici\ori italiane\i non si dovranno preoccupare! Il blog sarà bilingue, inglese e italiano!

This year I'm going to translate all my posts in English, in order to give an international feel to my blog.
But italian readers you will not have to worry about!  The blog will be bilingual, English and Italian!

Come rivestire i canali per le stecche

Per costruire le stecche esternamente ho acquistato del nastro tubulare apposito. Volendo ricoprire le stecche con lo stesso tessuto del corsetto, i passi da seguire sono i seguenti:

1. Tagliare una striscia di tessuto larga 5cm e lunga quanto il canale che stiamo considerando (il canale sarà lungo quanto ogni stecca).
2. Appuntare il canale sulla striscia con degli spilli. Rifilare con la forbice zig zag (o a macchina con lo zig zag) i lati della striscia.
3. Piegare un lato e stirare la piegatura
4. Appuntare il lato piegato sul canale e cucire a punto lungo 4 ( imbastitura a macchina)
5. Ripiegare l'altro lato e appuntare con gli spilli
6. Cucire l'ultimo lato con punto imbastitura a macchina

Book review: The art of Manipulating Fabric

Today I wanted to tell you about this amazing book.

The book presents several techniques to manipulate the fabrics. Each chapter describes  different techniques.

It starts from the simplest such as gathering the fabric, how to create ruffles, how to create different types of folds to the more complex concerning the smocking in many variations, the cording (which can also be useful for corsets) and quilting.

The explanations are clear enough and next to them are present explanatory drawings and images.

Who would you recommend? To all those who love to experiment with fabric, to those who are interested in learning the art of manipulating it to create volume and drapes, and  anything else that can be useful to enrich your garments!

My shop on etsy!

I recommend you  to take a look at my little shop on etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilviaAlphardCouture

You also can find coupon codes on my facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/SilviaAlphardCouture


This is a brief presentation of me and my works:
                           

I always have loved corsets and costumes

I bought my first corset when I was 20. I bought it in a lingerie shop, It wasn’t a good corset, it comes with plastic bones and so it did not last long

With the coming of internet, I began to inquire about corsets. I learned that they had to have steel bones to not deform and to give an hourglass shape.

Since corsets found in stores did not satisfy me , I started to read up on how to do a corset on measure. In the meantime, I decided to enroll in a fashion school , to learn the basics of sewing and modeling .

I studied on several books : “Corset and crinolines” by Norah Waugh , “Corsets” by Jill Saleen , “The basic of corset building” by Linda Sparks, “Corset Making” of Julia Bremble , learning the basis and gradually improving the technique. I also love experimenting with new forms to give to my corsets.

Today I'm a corsetiere and costume designer, I love my job and I really want to spread my passion and dreams all over the world!

Book review - Patterns of fashion I -II

A couple of weeks ago I bought 2 books on amazon: Patterns of fashion volume I and II.

In the two books are presented some historical dresses that you can find in  famous British museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Gloucester museum, the gallery of English costume and so on. The first book covers the period from 1660 until 1860, the second covers the period from 1860 until 1940.


Next to the costume's drawing you can find the pattern on a small scale with a few notes about the type and color of the fabric used, the information on how to assemble the dress, and other informations.


I have not still tried to make a costume following the instructions in the book, but they seem to be a good source of inspiration.


Here there are some pictures so you can get an idea:

Book review - The basics of corset building

Today I want to review this book:

The book is divided into several chapters:
The first chapter talks about the fabrics and useful tools to sew a corset. The other chapters deal with various topics such as: how to sew the busk, how to sew the bones channels, how to insert the grommets, how to sew the different parts of the pattern and how to tie a corset. The book is pretty clear . The only thing  missing is a section on how to draw a corset pattern, which would have made the book more complete.

Silvia Alphard Couture give you the opportunity to win a corset made on measure!

Go the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/568786783180464/

Partecipate and share and you will have the fantastic opportunity to win a bespoke underbust corset!

Rules:

In order to be eligible for the final draw, it requires:

- Click on "I Like" on the fan page https://www.facebook.com/SilviaAlphardCouture(if you have already placed "I Like" on the page do not consider this step)

- Share in "Publish" mode the event of the giveaway on your Facebook diary

- Leave the following comment in the giveaway event page: I participate and share

The draw will be made via the website “random.org “(http://www.random.org/) to the achievement of the 5000 likes among all entrants that will follow the rules.

Silvia Alphard Couture ti dà l'opportunità di vincere un corsetto su misura!

Partecipando al giveaway sulla mia pagina facebook e seguendo le regole avrai la fantastica opportunità di vincere un corsetto su misura!
Il link al giveaway è : https://www.facebook.com/events/568786783180464/

Regolamento

Per poter essere ammessi all’estrazione finale è necessario:
- Cliccare su “mi piace” sulla fan page https://www.facebook.com/SilviaAlphardCouture(nel caso si abbia già posto il “mi piace” sulla pagina non considerare questo passo)
- Condividere in modalità “Pubblica” l’evento del giveaway sul proprio diario Facebook
- Lasciare il seguente commento nella pagina dell’evento giveaway: partecipo e condivido
L’estrazione verrà effettuata tramite il sito random.org (http://www.random.org/) al raggiungimento dei 5000 likes tra tutti i partecipanti che si saranno attenuti alle regole.

Il mio negozio su Etsy!

Pochi giorni fa mi sono decisa ad aprire un mio negozio su Etsy. Mi ero già iscritta qualche tempo fa, ma un pò per mancanza di tempo, un pò per pigrizia non avevo ancora pubblicato nessuna inserzione.

Quindi ora è possibile trovarmi anche su Etsy, se siete interessati a corsetti, abiti vittoriani o steampunk non vi resta che andare a dare un'occhiata!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SilviaAlphardCouture

Waiting for the past II - Pictures!

Skirts and corsets by Silvia Alphard Couture

Pictures by Giuliano di Bello & Alessandro Ragazzon

Model: HelenaisRed, Alina Chirila , Silvia Alphard