This entry is a summary of the review video “Orchard Corset Maroon Underbust (CS-426) Review”. If you would like more complete information and side notes about the corset, you can watch the video on YouTube here:
| Fit, length | Gives a nice hourglass shape – this is a Level 3 silhouette, gives the most extreme curves. Center front is 13″, shortest part is 10.5″. Longline corset that comes over the hips. Quite comfortable. |
| Material | 3 main layers – the outer satin fashion fabric, flatlined to a sturdy cotton interlining, and lined in twill. |
| Construction | 6-panel pattern (12 panels total). The shape of the panels is very, very similar to the Josephine corset by Isabella Corsetry, although the contours are slightly less, the ribcage and hips a little smaller. Constructed with a slightly modified sandwich technique. |
| Binding | Binding at top and bottom are made from matching maroon satin, double-thickness. I like how it’s very narrow. It’s machine stitched on both sides, folded under nicely on the front and then stitched in the ditch between the corset and the binding, to catch the rest of the binding on the underside. |
| Waist tape | One-inch-wide waist tape running through the corset, hidden between the layers and glued to the lining. |
| Modesty panel | There is a modesty panel on the back, made of a layer of satin and a layer of twill. 5” wide and attached to one side with a line of stitching, reinforced with glue. |
| Busk | Standard busk, half an inch wide and 11” long, and 5 pins. However it’s less bendy than other busks of the same width, which is one perk. |
| Boning | 22 bones total in this corset. On each side, 9 of them are spirals about 3/8 inch wide and then there are two flat steel bones, both ¼” wide sandwiching the grommets. |
| Grommets | There are 24 2-part size #00 grommets (12 on each side). They have a medium lip around. They’re spaced equidistantly about 1” apart. I see some fraying and coming away of the fashion fabric around some of the grommets around the waist. On the underside every grommet is split and quite scratchy, they catch on the laces, the modesty panel and my shirt. |
| Laces | The laces are ¼” wide flat nylon shoe-lace style. I find them to be long enough, a little springy but that’s alright because they’re still strong – you just have to tug a little harder to get the corset to stay closed because of the elasticity of the laces, is all – not a big deal. |
| Price | Currently $95 USD, but if you wait for the sale at the end of each month you can save 15-20% by using the coupon code. |
Final Thoughts:
A few months after this review, evidently this corset is now called the “Lucy” corset? (LOL) I’m not exactly sure when the renaming of their corsets came about but I’m hoping that’s merely coincidence. I don’t buy everything with my name on it, I swear. 
I really do like the shape this corset gives; it’s quite curvy (especially for its price). I just wish they hadn’t used so much glue in the manufacturing, and that they could spend just a little more on higher quality grommets.
Lastly, one thing that made me PO’d (perhaps not the company’s fault but the shipper’s fault) was that I bought it on sale (around $59) but when it was shipped to me, the value on the package was stated as the original $95 which resulted in my having to pay higher duty/taxes coming into Canada. I ended up paying nearly as much in shipping/duty than I paid for the corset itself! International customers, be aware of this before you buy.
