Corset Poll

What is the highest price you've paid for your ready-to-wear corsets?

• $99-$150
• $150-$200
• $200-$250
• $250-$300
• Above $300

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What is the highest price you paid for your custom corsets?

• $150 - $200
• $200-$300
• $300 - $400
• $400 -$500
• Above $500

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Think of your favorite corset. What one thing do you like best about it?

• The Fit
• Matches everythink I have.
• Perfectly constructed.
• Other

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How many corsets do you own?

• 1-2
• 2-3
• 3-4
• 4 and above

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Step on a Crack....

...break yer momma's back: Mom was in an accident on Sunday or Monday (I didn't receive the message until Thursday, for a variety of reasons). She's broken the T9, the ninth thoracic vertebra, and bruised 2 others. She is in a turtle shell cast of some sort for 12 weeks. I've offered to make her a corset for support and moral, so, I'm awaiting her measurements. I'm thinking side or front lacings to remove pressure off of the spine. It was a weird week, following the walk around Cohoes. A haunted city and a broken back feels like a lot to think about. Thank goodness it was wasn't worse. Then, in business class, a chiropractor showed up to sit with us and discuss marketing strategies. See? Weird, I tell you. It does remind me to "crack" open my Anatomy & Physiology text for fitness class.

A Visit to Cohoes, New York

"O" is for "Ophelia"

Took a long walk around Cohoes with MAP on Thursday to scope out studio space. Found the Foundry, which is intriguing, exclusive, etc., and one or two other spaces to call for a look. There are exactly five businesses on Remsen St.: a knitting store; a wine shop; a Russian supermarket; Satchel - a purse/gift shop; and the Bread & Jam coffee shop. We met Sal at Bread & Jam and declared his coffee house amazing. He was wonderful and gave us instructions to one of the studio buildings we were scoping.
Cohoes itself has fallen apart in the most sad, beautiful way. It is a veritable slum/ghost town as people struggle economically in the houses and apartments built by their great-grandparents – structures made of ornately carved wood followed by bricks starting from the 1860’s forward. Then like everywhere else, there were a couple of wars, immigrants and a boom. And then there was a Depression. And then there was another war.
And then, recently, nearly everything disappeared. Word on the lips of local artists is that it’s ripe for a low-rent, artsy take-over. Let the transformation begin!