CUSTOM CORSETS - THE FUNDAMENTAL LINE
Usually available only online and at some exhibits.
Note: Congratulations to our corsetiere Jill and her new daughter, Emily. And welcome back to our fine ROMANTASY corsetiere team!

You asked -- and we responded with an online-only line of fully custom corsetry that is extremely well-priced, popular, easy to research, and easy-to-order. Please note that because of the demand for our corsets, our production time approximates one to two months. You may request an earlier date which may require a fee for 'rush' service; please inquire. This Line is designed with clear simple and basic choices of fabric and design, to provide high quality corsetry to fit within the budget of a corset novice, student, corset enthusiast desiring to experiment with a new style or fabric, or budget-challenged bride.

To ensure a great value in this Fundamental Line, most styles give you the option to save $30-45 for a single (versus four) layer, unlined corset. However, please understand that our recommended three or four-layer corset will always be stronger and more durable, is recommended for clients with waistlines 40" and over, and required for clients with waistlines of 45" and over.

Despite the simplicity of this line, we also offer you several unique options and design features to allow more fun in creating your own individual design, such as:

• traditional Victorian flossing (decorative embroidery at the top and bottom of each bone channel, seen on the red silk corset right top, with style choices below right),
• the unusual square-tabbed bodice of the 18th century style (we've never seen that design feature before, shown below right), and
• satin ruched garters (black satin on green corset shown below center)
• traditional removable and engravable (stay tuned for examples) Renaissance wood busks for suitable corset styles
• traditional linen (samples below left) and
• embroidered grommet holes (sample below right; 16-18 total $80; may be ordered on individual style page)

We also feature especially good value in this line with limited styles produced by our senior corsetieres such as Sharon McCoy Morgan. Her four-panel per side "Bella" Victorian corset is very popular as an excellent, strong waist-training corset (modeled below top row left, in two colors of blue cotton-backed satin, bottom row left in celedon Chinese brocade, and bottom row center in hot pink and white denim.)

We also plan to introduce our new intern corsetieres on this page, such as the talented Jill Hoverman seen left. Jill made the lovely red silk Victorian overbust corset pictured top right, and the satin-ruched garters and the square tabbed 18th century corset pictured below. We have been proud since our inception in 1990 to have encouraged a number of seamstresses to move into corsetry, and to give young corsetieres like Jill a platform to develop their skills and quality as they come to fully understand what is needed by the serious, tight-lacing corset enthusiast. Some move on to specialize in other garments or into other fields of endeavor, while others pursue their own independent business. Yet we feel part of all of their many successes! However, we are pleased to report that over our many years in business, most young corsetmakers become highly experienced and move onto our senior ROMANTASY team, as they develop their professional fitting, construction, and design skills over many years. For example, Sheri has been with us since 1994 and Sharon since 1994.

You may take pride, as we do, in encouraging and supporting both new and experienced corsetieres when you order from this line of corsets. We know you will appreciate your corset for many years to come. We hope you will become one of our valued clients who moves on to try more highly embellished couture designs and complex styles made by ROMANTASY's highly-skilled, tight-lacing quality senior corsetmakers, as you surely will want to add to your corset wardrobe over the years.

PRODUCTION TIME: You may typically expect delivery in under two months. Please review this line's fabric choices.

MEASUREMENTS: Please understand that we rely on your accuracy and measurements to construct your corset and therefore cannot be responsible if you mis-measure. However if we note anything terribly amiss, we will contact you for clarification. Some amendments possibly can be made to a completed corset but understandably these will be at your cost. To ensure the best possible fit if you are preparing measurements you may wish to consult the body graphic contained on this page. Start by wearing lingerie, underwear, or a bathing suit. Tie a ribbon or string around your waistline. Locate that at your natural waistline, or where you desire your waist to be when wearing a corset (for standard figures, women typically 1" above the bellybutton, for me typically 1" below the belly button. For fuller figures, look in the mirror and select the peoper waistline you desire). It is always better to have someone take your measurements three times, then report the average. Be sure you measure snugly at the waistline, and somewhat looser around the rib cage with arms down (do not let tape drop in back; hold at bra level; the rib cage is around your lower bra underwire), and pelvis. Be sure that you also measure from centerfront of your body to the corset bottom, sufficiently low to cover the lower tummy while both standing and sitting. Note that if your centerfront waist to top measurement exceeds 1 3/4" higher than your sidefront waist to underwire or chest swell, this constitutes a "sharp point" style and will incur the noted upcharge. Typically that center front waist to top measurement will only be 1" taller than the side front one.

A final word before you decide this Line is for you, or if you should consider our moderately higher priced Elegant Line of corsetry. We are ONLY able to offer you amazingly good custom corset prices in this Specialty Line if you conduct your own research and order online and if you have not already commenced detailed discussions and emails or opened an order regarding an Elegant Line corset order. If so, then change to this Line will entail a modest Change Order fee of $50.

Welcome to the truly magical world of corsetry, and to the wonderful group of corset enthusiasts around the world in whose good company your order places you!

	Underbust "Bella" by Sharon McCoy Morgan Code: Underbust "Bella" Price: $260.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Underbust 1877 Victorian by Jill Hoverman Code: Underbust 1877 Victorian by Jill Hoverman Price: $295.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Underbust Victorian by Jill Hoverman Code: ubvjh Price: $215.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Standard Edwardian (Overbust and Underbust) by Jill Hoverman Code: ubejh Price: $255.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Longline Edwardian (Overbust and Underbust) by Jill Hoverman Code: lluejh Price: $270.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Overbust Victorian (1877 and 1891 Styles) by Jill Hoverman Code: obvjh Price: $250.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	S-Curve Overbust Longline Edwardian by Jill Hoverman Code: S-Curve Overbust Longline Edwardian Price: $450.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Eighteenth Century With Square Tabs by Jill Hoverman Code: ecstjh Price: $295.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Renaissance Corset by Jill Hoverman Code: robjh Price: $245.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Regency Riding Corset by Jill Hoverman Code: Regency Riding Corset Price: $330.00 Quantity in Basket: none