Marie Cooley has been sewing custom made corsets for the past ten years. Her one-of-a-kind made-to-order corsets the reason for her Fitting Room Corsets website. The site includes a gallery showing the different types of corsets available, how to select the appropriate style, and how to measure for it.
Seattle, Washington-based Cooley also has examples of her work on display in three basic categories: Fashion, Historical, and Fantasy, and Fetish. Her exquisite work owes much to extensive knowledge of the garment and her attention to detail as an historian, artist, and seamstress.
One-of-a-Kind Corsets
Historical Garment Inspires Marie Cooley's Custom-Made Corsets
Trend Themes
1. Custom-made Corsets - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Leveraging advanced technologies such as 3D printing and body scanning to create customized corsets with precision and efficiency.
2. Online Corset Shopping - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Developing innovative online platforms that offer virtual fitting rooms and augmented reality experiences to enhance the online corset shopping experience.
3. Corsets as Fashion Statements - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Collaborating with fashion designers to transform corsets into unique and versatile fashion pieces that can be incorporated into everyday outfits.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Design - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Exploring sustainable and eco-friendly materials to create corsets, aligning with the growing demand for ethical fashion.
2. E-commerce - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to personalize recommendations and improve the overall shopping experience for corset enthusiasts.
3. Historical Reenactment - Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Incorporating technology, such as smart fabrics and sensors, into historical corsets to enhance comfort, provide real-time data, and add interactive elements to the reenactment experience.