Corsetry Supply Sources

Also:

  • Abraham's Lady — Women's 19th century clothing, patterns, fabric, notions (frogs, clasps, etc), shoes, boning, hooping, and more.
  • AlterYears — Their own line of Renaissance patterns sold on-line. You can also order their catalog, which has "over 2000" patterns, books, supplies, etc.
  • Baer Fabrics — Carries a large selection of fabrics, including cotton velvet and linen. Also: buttons, dress forms, feathers, grommets, sewing tools, braids, cording, pressers, fringe, rhinestones, snaps, thread, and more. Store located in Kentucky.
  • Class Act Fabrics — Re-enactor and "period appropriate" fabrics. Corset making supplies.
  • Corset Making Supplies Top Pick — This site sells busks, boning, lacing, grommets, tools, coutil, brocades and more:
  • Farthingales Top Pick — Great Canadian costuming supplier. Several different kinds of coutil, crinoline, net, and muslin; corsetry supplies (busks, boning, lacing grommets, tools, etc); millinery supplies; dress forms; hair canvas; interfacing; ribbon; horsehair; petersham; and more.
  • Fitting Room, The - Custom Corsets Updated! — Historical and fashion corsets.
  • Grannd Garb Top Pick — Carries various brands of patterns, from 16th to 19th century. Also fabric, trims, notions, buttons, clasps, books, etc. Patterns: Alter Years • Fantasy Fashions • Folkwear • Laughing Moon • Mantua Maker • Margo Anderson • Miller's Millinery • Past Patterns • Pegee of Williamsburg • Reconstructing History • Rocking Horse Farm • Truly Victorian.
  • Hedgehog Handworks Top Pick — Costume supplies (boning, hooping etc), books, notions, needlework supplies, etc
  • Kleins — (UK) Haberdashery: beads, buttons, lace, ribbon, corsetry supplies, grommets & tools, purse-making supplies, and more.
  • Lacis Top Pick — Great source for costuming needs (patterns, boning, busks, hoops, etc). Lots of books on costuming, millinery, tatting, etc. They also sell hoop skirts and vintage clothes.The store and museum, located in Berkeley, CA, are "must-see."
  • Lost Coast Historical Patterns Updated! — Patterns, costume supplies, and corset supplies. Large selection of historical patterns: Dawn Anderson Designs • Design and Planning Concepts • Truly Victorian • Laughing Moon • Folkwear • JP Ryan • Fig Leaf Patterns • Kay Fig • Hint of History • Margo Anderson's Historic Costume Patterns • The Mantua-Maker • Past Patterns • La Fleur de Lyse • Lynn McMasters • Mill Farm Patterns • Tailor's Guide • Sense and Sensibility Patterns • Rocking Horse Farm • Octagon Ladies Repository • Reconstructing History • Grainline Gear • June Colburn • Birch Street.
  • MacCulloch & Wallis — (UK) Hat blocks, millinery fabric & wire, trim, glues, etc. Corsetry Supplies.
  • Richard the Thread — Busks, boning, coutil, millinery supplies, dress forms, and more. Their own pattern line includes Renaissance, Elizabethan, Victorian and Edwardian.
  • Sacramento City Dry Goods Top Pick New! — Supplies for reenactors, mostly 19th century/old west, owned by Joann Peterson of Laughing Moon patterns. Men's, women's and children's clothing, shoes, hats, underpinnings, and more. Fabric & corset supplies. And, of course, Laughing Moon patterns!
  • Sartor Silk Shop New! — (Czech) Linen, silk and brocade fabrics; corset fabric and supplies, including coutil, boning, busks, and connectors; trims; and more.
  • Sewing Central — Sells fabrics like silk noil, silk dupioni, linen, wool, etc. Also patterns, books, and corset supplies. Pattern lines include: Alter Years • Costume Connection • Eagle's View • Fantasy Fashions • La Fleur de Lyse • Kannik's Korner • Laughing Moon • Mantua Maker • Margo Anderson • La Mode Bagatelle • Past Patterns • Patterns of History • Reconstructing History • Rocking Horse Farm • Sense and Sensibility • Truly Victorian
  • Vena Cava Corsetry — (UK) Corset maker. Sells coutil and other items.
  • Zdenka — Custom costumes, uniforms and non-costume clothing. Also a book with pattern on 18th c. corset.

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