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January 24th – 30th 2025
***BOOKING FULL***

Categories: All, Upcoming Events

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.

A cream Stay made by Emma Brackenbury. The Photographer is Richard Marsden.

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.

For more information on rooms availability and pricing please click below.

  • A woman is stood at an ironing board and is ironing a piece of fabric. They have braids and are wearing a checked shirt. There is lovely wooden panelling on the walls.

  • A lovely, sunny day with green grass in the background and trees. A picknick buffet is laid out on a table and a female is sat at a table in the background looking into the distance and smiling.

  • A woman is standing in front of a projector that says Victoria 1830-1900' on it. She is dressed in a bonnet and large white dress, with a brown corset over it. People are sitting around and watching.

  • A female is marking white fabric with a pin wheel. She is looking down at her work intently and has a tape measure loosely around her neck.

  • Someone is in the left of the image working on a costume pattern which is taking up the majority of the image. It has pins in it and rectangles are marked on it.

  • A woman is standing in the forefront and holding up some a sample piece of white cloth which is pleated. 2 people are sitting in the background and watching. The venue has beautiful wooden panelling on the windows in the background.

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