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November 24th – 28th 2025 – Stays Edition
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The Corsetry Retreat November 2025

Tutors – Michelle Barker and Emma Brackenbury

The Corsetry Retreat – Stays Edition will be held in Caer Beris Manor, a grade II listed building in Wales, UK.

The Corsetry Retreat, stays edition, includes a full schedule of workshops with experienced tutors, as well as time to relax in the historic surroundings, meet with like-minded people, and unwind in the manor’s  hot tub and gardens or cosy up by an open fire.

Each day will be focussing on a different skillset.

  • Day one will be pattern drafting using historical methods and creating the iconic shape of stays bespoke to your measurements.
  • Day two will consist of toiling and fitting to ensure your stays fit you perfectly.
  • Day three will focus on construction techniques where we will look at a range of methods from hand sewing to machine sewing and you can sample all the techniques you might want to use, or you can simply use the time to start constructing your stays.
Booking & Availability for November 2025
A female is sitting on the floor next to a lit, open fire in a large mansion. They are wearing a yellow Stays, a white dress, and has yellow tights on. The Photographer is Saxkjaer Photography.

Around the scheduled workshops Emma and Michelle 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).

Included in the price of your room will be a private bathroom, four evening meals, three days of workshops, two experienced tutors on hand for guidance throughout, and a swap table for the exchange of materials and embellishments.

In the evenings Ruth will be doing a talk on her stays research – be prepared to be totally blown away by her well referenced geekery with spreadsheets, pie charts and lots of pictures!

Emma will be doing a hand sewing around the fire workshop, where you can have a go at a few historical methods of hand sewing with a hot chocolate (pjs and fluffy slippers are totally encouraged)

On the final evening we will have a finale dinner and an opportunity to dress up.

You’ll also have use of the hall’s hot tub 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.

  • 2 Women are holding hands and skipping off into the distance. The camera is taken from behind them. They are in Victorian dresses and in an open wood.

  • On the right is a lady in a white, period dress and dark cream Stays. She is bending over to the side to stoke a lit, open fire in a large stone fireplace.

  • A female is sitting on the floor next to a lit, open fire in a large mansion. They are wearing a yellow Stays, a white dress, and has yellow tights on. The Photographer is Saxkjaer Photography.

  • A woman is standing and looking out of a forest. The trees are all around her and she is holding them back with her hands and arms. She is wearing a black, sparking dress.

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