Cloak & Tailor

Maker of corsets and assorted historic, vintage, and bespoke clothes. Please contact me via e-mail only! cloakandtailor @ gmail dot com

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Think that's all folks for this place! Find me elsewhere:

[MJ @somanyjets]

Tested a flexible wing prototype and my bloomers pattern in the @dangerousladies milk bath and this is how it turned out

photo by @mvgitek
stays by @cloakandtailor

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Ensemble, 1845-53. Victoria & Albert Museum.

[MJ @somanyjets]

👼 cherub rock 👼

captured by the dreamy genius @mvgitek with stays by @cloakandtailor

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

A reminder!

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Two rabbits by Cartier, 1900. Rose quartz, sapphire, ruby. Royal Collection.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Waistcoat, 1850s. The John Bright Collection.

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Coat, 1925. Kent State University Museum.

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

This is the last stay sample that I have still available and up for sale btw!
245C/175US

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Alright folks, if anyone is still on this platform. It's time!
I'd like to see this go for 800 as I'd normally charge 1200+ for fully boned stays. Plus insured shipping.
These are probably some of my best work and got me several jobs.

[Hanging by a Thread 🧵🪡 @mistresstailor]

I got to make 3 awesome waistcoats (including the Captain’s!) for the Swept Away Musical on Broadway!

One of them was made of real oil cloth which is a canvas soaked in oil and used as waterproof workwear in Victorian times!

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Some more shots of these in action plus some detail

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

The closed measurements are 33”B and 26.5”W.
Silk taffeta, silk dupioni binding, backed in the good European cotton coutil I can no longer get, and german plastic boning.

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Alright folks, if anyone is still on this platform. It's time!
I'd like to see this go for 800 as I'd normally charge 1200+ for fully boned stays. Plus insured shipping.
These are probably some of my best work and got me several jobs.

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

I think about selling these because they're just sitting in a box and it would probably be better if someone actually wore them, but I do quite like looking at them...

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Some more shots of these in action plus some detail

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Nanette Kaulla, by German painter Joseph Karl Stieler (1829). Schloss Nymphenburg.

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

@mistresstailor Love this one so much. Tartan Bias suit is on my list for when I find the perfect tartan pattern!

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Riding spencer, 1835. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

[Cloak & Tailor @cloakandtailor]

Experiments in cutting cravats

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

Taffeta gorgeousness from #VivienneWestwood’s #Frockingfabulous Storm in a Teacup collection of 1996. #fashionhistory via 1stDibs.

[Hanging by a Thread 🧵🪡 @mistresstailor]

Did you know that yall can literally just dress in vintage clothing with your partner without being bigoted freaks intent on taking away other people’s rights? Its called Vintage Style Not Vintage Values