I made a corset - back support like it’s 1899

Men wore corsets - especially in the Victorian and the Edwardian era. Since I have a desk job and thus a bad posture, I was curious whether a corset might help me with that. So I made one according to a pattern from 1899. Table of contents: 00:00 Introduction 00:58 A brief history of the male corset 02:09 Sewing setup 03:09 Sewing process 05:01 Results and final thoughts 07:08 Outro A great overview for corset construction methods and a better explanation of the double welt technique I used is this video by the wonderful Morgan Donner: More great videos on corset making or historical context: I bought the Laughing Moon Mercantile pattern as well as most of the ingredients at Nehelenia in Ge