07/27/2026
The 7th Annual Corset Decorating Contest is Back! 🎉🎉🎉
Calling all crafty humans! It’s time to create a work of art from one of our beautiful black brocade, twill-lined, steel-boned corset bases. This year’s body is an overbust style with tails!! Rip, sew, iron, dye, glue, bedazzle, draw, melt, or rework it into a true masterpiece—the only limit is your imagination.
You have from now until 5:00 PM on Monday, November 30th to transform your corset.
How to Enter:
Come into our shop and purchase this year’s corset base to enter. There are a limited number of these specially designed corsets left so please, DO NOT DELAY. The corset is yours to keep after the contest, of course, we’re only borrowing it to display the entries during December for everyone to admire.
Return your decorated corset to us by the November 30th deadline.
As a thank you for bringing it in on time, you’ll receive a $25 gift card to use on whatever you like!
Prizes
Best in Show: 🏆 Our team will choose the winner of a $100 gift card. Winner chosen based on the quality of construction and overall creativity.
Fan Favorite: 🏆 Voting takes place in-store during December 2026 Arts Alive. The winner gets a $100 gift card. 🤩
Social Media Superstar 🏆: Voting takes place on our FB and IG pages. Rally your friends and followers to vote for you! The winner gets a $100 gift card.
Important Details
Can I participate if I don’t live in Humboldt? Yes! We can ship a corset to you. Just be sure to get it back to us by the November 30th deadline.
Do we get our corsets back? Yes, you do! We’ll display them during December, and you can pick up your masterpiece at the end of the month.
How does voting work? In-store voting takes place on December 5th, 2026 from 5-8:30 PM during Arts Alive. Lobbying for votes online is a great way to share your talent with the larger community—we’ll tally and combine all the votes from our Instagram and pages.
Can I use a different corset base or make my own? To keep the playing field as level as possible, only art created with this year’s corset base is eligible to win.
