Once Upon A Tease:


Since I last blog about Once Upon a Tease, rather a lot has had to change and be re thought due various reasons.
The final designs had been chosen, 8 corsets were to be made by the team working on Once Upon a Tease. Fabrics of various price and colour were sourced to present to the company to decide which were best suited to the designs. However due to the nature of the corset making the estimate for the budget of the 8 corsets and bustle was a little to big.
This was an obstacle that had to be discussed with the company to see how was best to proceed.
Due to time, work load and budget the company decided to create 3 over bust corsets and 2 full bodied corsets and 5 bustles.


It was very very handy, when dealing with the issue of the budget, to have one person supervising the project. Without having such a person the project would not have started. The company would not have been impressed with our lack of planning before meeting with them to discuss money and other details.
Naomi took up the roll of supervisor and because she organised the budget so well, the company and the makers could then make much clearer decisions on fabrics etc.

Below are the 2 designs now being created:


x's 2

x's 3

  . Because 2 corsets were dropped from production, 2 people lost corsets to make; as a compromise Naomi took up the job of supervisor and Stephanie has taken up construction of a number of bustles

Time Plan:
. Patterns fully drafted this week
.Cut out in top material by the end of the week

Once Upon A Tease


Along side my university work I am also working on a project called Once Upon a Tease. A group of us, the current 2nd years are all working together to budget, plan and complete the project along side our own uni work. This is a project for a burlesque company and is giving me a chance to work with corsets again. This is a fun opportunity to gain some extra work experience in costume making. It is also a huge test of my organisational skills. I have to make sure I balance out my time for; Once Upon a Tease, The Costume Store, Breathe and my POP essay, to make sure all are completed for their deadlines.


Today we had a meeting to finalise the designs we would each be working with and how we should go about drafting our corsets. By the end of this week we need to have the corsets drafted so we can be cutting out and making by next week.

Today Naomi went to a meeting with Sam who runs Once Upon A Tease:
She needed to discuss issues such as:
.Budget
.Fabric choices
.Design features
.Fitting times
. Decoration choices

Below are the designs that as a team we will be constructing:
Designed by Yolanda Collins