Included in the price will be your room in the manor with ensuite bathroom, three meals a day including home cooked evening meals, and light refreshments. There will be a full schedule of workshops from two experienced tutors who will be on hand for guidance throughout the day, a gallery of corsetry and a swap table for the exchange of materials and embellishments.

New for January 2025 as part of our XL event we will also have a selection of exciting guest speakers offering a range of talks and demonstrations, from Victorian mourning fashions to fan lacing and much more.

You’ll also have use of the manor’s hot tub, extensive gardens and the communal areas for socialising.

In addition, we will provide all materials needed for the workshops including coutil, boning and busks, flossing threads and eyelets.

Emma is an experienced costume maker for film and theatre, working on productions such as Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Fantastic Beasts, Tulip Fever, and Artemis Fowl.

She trained at Huddersfield University studying her BA in costume with textiles and later her MA in creative pattern cutting.

Having a specific interest in structured garments and technical details including corsetry, she is happiest when lost in making beautiful creations. Her current hobbies include devising drafting methods for corsetry stays and cups, these hobbies then feed into the retreat syllabus.

Alongside her freelance work she works as a visiting lecturer at a variety of universities.

Elizabeth (Beth) Moody has over 14 years of corset making experience. She developed a love of period fashion as a child, playing with her mum’s Victorian dress collection, and was introduced to corsetry by fellow Corset Retreat organiser Niki. A hobby soon became an obsession with Beth turning professional in 2012. Since then, Beth has developed particular skills in plus size and fuller bust corsetry.

Ruth has been working as a costume maker for over a decade, after training in Theatre Design at Nottingham Trent University. Where she has since frequently returned to, to teach on their Costume Design and Construction course as a principal lecturer. As a freelancer, she has been lucky enough to have had the chance to make costumes for many places including West End theatre shows and film productions for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime.