Juggernaut.

10 days ago I discovered Corset Crafters was running a competition to make a corset using unorthodox materials.

The whole family got involved in thinking of unusual materials to use. VOLT-reborn suggested using a lorry loading strap.

The obvious style of corset was a ribbon corset. Problem number one was the timescale. I've never made a ribbon corset before, so I wasn't sure what problems I'd have. Problem number two was model. As anyone who's ever made a corset knows it's not easy to fit a corset to oneself. So VOLT-reborn volunteered.

The final problem was how to stop the loading strap from fraying when I cut it. In the end I held the cut edges over a candle flame to melt them.

I chose to keep the waist 'ribbon' in one piece and sew it on top of the other 'ribbons' because in this corset it is the ratchet attached to the 'ribbon' that is the closure and waist reducer. The top and bottom of the back opening is held close with rigid blue electrical wire, to complement both the colour of the corset and the unusual materials.

Purchase of 1 five ton lorry loading strap, 10 hours cutting, melting, sewing, handsewing (my machine couldn't cope with more than three layers of lorry strap) later, et voila, one rather chunky male corset.

Keep on trucking...