Also called: Corset Maker, Custom Corset Designer
Designs and sews custom corsets from steel boning and strong fabric for brides, performers, historical costumes and fashion.
She takes 20 measurements of a bride and drafts a pattern by hand. In the workroom she cuts layers of coutil fabric, sews channels, and slides in spiral steel bones. At the first fitting she adjusts the waist curve by a quarter inch so it fits perfectly.
Mostly self-employed; custom corsets sell for a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Sewing and pattern-making skills from fashion school, costume shops or self-teaching; many take corsetry workshops.
Ways in: Self-taught, 2-year college, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Fashion Design, Costume Design, Apparel Construction.
Growing about average. A small niche fed by weddings, theater, cosplay and historical reenactment.
Low risk for 10 years. AI may help draft patterns, but fitting a real body and precise construction stay human.
Classes: Family and consumer science (sewing), Art, Theater costume crew.
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