Home

Main Menu

  • Projects
  • Fashion
  • Music
  • Books & Reviews
  • Events
  • Features
  • Upcycling
  • Videos
  • Steampunk Labs Project
  • Kerosene Lamp Project
  • Technical Resource Links
  • Steampunk Links
  • Ephemera
  • Site Search

Work Corset - Inspired by Carhartt Work Clothing

Jake von Slatt — Tue, 09/08/2009 - 15:51

San Francisco artist Nifer Fahrion created this work clothing inspired corset to wear at Burning Man this year. I particularly like the cordless drill holster, the one I have clips to my belt and does nothing but pull my pants down.

From Nifer's site:

For the past year, I've desired to create a garment which blends the femininity and elegance of a corset with the durability and ruggedness of a workbelt. Recently, I shared my idea with the talented seamstress and designer Robynne Winchester of Tulgey Wood Designs. She was instantly excited about the concept and agreed to collaborate to make it a reality.

Full story here!

Related Stories:

Maker Resolutions for 2010
Etsy Fashion Finds #1
"The Devil's Cloth" - Stripes In Steampunk
Cheap and Easy Fabric Dye From Natural Sources
A Clockwork Guitar, the Steampunk Stratocaster
Connections: Fashion, Social Networking, and Fabbing
Corporate Steampunk Fashion
  • Art
  • Artists
  • Fashion
  • Login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Art, function...

businessgypsy — Thu, 09/10/2009 - 07:22

beauty, strength, utility. Very inspiring and humbling. Thanks for sharing your work!

  • Login or register to post comments

Sturdy support for my tools

NifNaks — Wed, 09/09/2009 - 04:41

Hi Jake, thanks so much for the nice blog about my Carhartt-inspired Work Corset!

You are totally right about the cordless drill holster! On tool belts, drill holsters are **SO** heavy that they are a bit troublesome & inconvenient. But on a corset, with the snug fit and support of the steel boning, all that weight is kept in place and is actually quite comfortable. The idea of a work corset almost seems counterintuitive, but it works quite well.

Cheers! :D
Nifer Fahrion
http://NifNaks.com

  • Login or register to post comments

Search

Projects

Keyboard

LCD Monitor

Light Switch Plates

Wimshurst Machine

MAC Mini Mod

Altoids Tin Etching

Lightbox

Guitar Amp

Lyra's Lamp

Shop Respirator

Etching Brass

Flash Diffuser

Bus Conversion

All-in-One PC

Motorbike

Etch Machining

iPod Etch

Headphone Mod

Steampunk Strat

Telegraph Build

Steampunk Car

Trilobite Etch

Kerosene Lamps

Trailer

Contact

  • Twitter:  Jake |  Meredith  
  • Jake is on  Facebook
  • More of Jake's projects: www.vonslatt.com
  • Meredith's Blog: ladycartoonist.com/
  • Jake's Shared Google Reader Items
  • Email Jake: jake@vonslatt.com
  • Email Meredith: satiredun@gmail.com
Creative Commons License
Designs by Jake von Slatt on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available here.
 
Subscribe to our Announcement List:

Your email will never be divulged and we will only make an announcement when there is a genuinely interesting new thing.

Login

What is OpenID?
  • Log in using OpenID
  • Cancel OpenID login
  • Create new account
  • Request new password

Subscribe

Subscribe to our Announcement List:

Your email will never be divulged and we will only make an announcement when there is a genuinely interesting new thing.