Antique Corset Exhibition & Historic Fashion Show III

Sunday May 26, 2013

12 - 4 pm

Hycroft Mansion

1489 McRae Avenue, Vancouver BC

Tickets $25 Advance/ $30 Door/ $20 Students

Advance tickets available at Lace Embrace Atelier:

219 East 16th Ave at Main Street

Student tickets available with valid student ID.

Or shop online: Our Website or Brown Paper Tickets

Come enjoy the elegant setting of Hycroft Mansion for a delightful afternoon sure to please all your senses.

 We encourage you to wear corsets, garden party attire or ball gowns to complement the lush surroundings.

See the Exhibition of Antique Corsets and Ephemera from the Historic collection of Melanie Talkington.
Experience the full beauty of corsets in the Garden Party Fashion Show and Victorian Dressing Sequence.
All the while enjoying the Gardens of Hycroft with an aperitif, perusing the Silent Auction of Treasures and having your picture taken in the Victorian Parlour Photobooth!

Antique Corset 2013 Calendar

A pictorial history of the corset. Enjoy a monthly view of corset history from 1800-1950. Each page is printed in full color gloss on card stock - perfect for framing.

Melanie Talkington owner and corsetiere for Lace Embrace Atelier Inc. has been producing reproduction corsetry from her personal collection of antique corsets. The private collection is now the world's largest of its kind, dating from 18th century to 1950. She is working towards establishing an Antique Corset Museum. Proceeds from the sales of calendars and books will help support this vision.

Pre-order the 2013 Calendar now:

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Company History

To those who desire an elegant figure, we offer our corsets as the unequalled expression of this elusive form with individual corsetry. With the many variations of the human form, no number of stock styles or sizes could meet all requirements. Each figure compels personal attention that can only be provided with a made-to-measure corset.

Exquisite Corsetry
Superlative Quality
Sophisticated Workmanship

At Lace Embrace, we believe that the corset is an extension of the self. We strive to ensure our corsets are an experience that will thrill you and embody your fantasies with a fit that is uniquely your own. We are dedicated to offering corsets that will achieve a graceful figure.

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