January 24th – 30th 2025
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The Corsetry Retreat XL
Tutors – Elizabeth and Emma Brackenbury
The Corsetry Retreat XL will be held at the beautiful Caer Beris Manor, a grade II listed building in Wales, surrounded by 18 acres of serene parkland.
Our upcoming events include a full schedule of corsetry workshops and talks with experienced tutors and exciting speakers, a gallery of corsetry, as well as time to relax in the historic surroundings, meet with like-minded people, and unwind in the manor’s hot tub or beside an open fire.
The tutoring will be focused on a three different skill set needed to create your perfect corset.
- Part one will be pattern drafting, and historical inspiration.
- Part two will consist of toiling and fitting to ensure your stays fit you perfectly.
- Part three will focus on construction techniques where you can sample all the techniques you might want to use, or you can simply use the time to start constructing your corset.
At our XL event you will also have an extra two more days to indulge in completing your corset with the tutors on hand for guidance throughout. As well as the workshops you have come to expect from the corsetry retreat, we will also have guest speakers in attendance – Dr Kate Cherrell, Queen of Victorian mourning culture, Jema Hewitt aka Emilly Ladybird, from Kindred spirits and DMU and Cat Miranda Ferreira, academic of the corsetry industry.

You will leave the event with all the knowledge and materials you need to finish your corset. Throughout each day you will have our two experienced tutors on hand to guide you, each workshop will start with a series of demonstrations led by the tutors and then workshop time where they will help you through the processes.
Around the scheduled workshops Emma and Elizabeth will also be on hand to help troubleshoot your existing projects so please bring along your problem children if you’d like advice on what’s gone wrong (don’t worry they don’t judge).
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.
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