At the moment I working on a red and yellow herringbone waist cincher for myself. The pattern is based on a 1950s waist cincher featured in Jill Salen's book Vintage Lingerie: Historical Patterns and Techniques.The original corset is satin and flesh coloured- meant for underwear... mine shall be outwear! All the pieces have been cut and I have machined the channels for the main steels in the front and back. It is ready for eyelets. I originally thought I would need to sew in the elastic side panels featured in the original from the 50 version, but that would make it too big. Why? Because the 'New Look' waist cincher featured in Salen's book was donated by Mrs Pamela Hodkin. It was made by Gossard and would have aided her return to a 24-26 inch waist after childbirth!  

Jill Salen has two other books dedicated to corsets and historical swimwear. Jill Salen's books are an amazing resource to anyone with an interest in vintage clothing, makers in the film industry or anyone who enjoys sewing for the love of it. The next thing that I want to make from Jill's book on lingerie will be the 1897-1905 corset cover, it will test my ability with embroidering delicate hand worked eyelet details.