Nothing says "pretty dress" like a tin snip

I made a long overdue visit to Home Depot yesterday to purchase galvanized hanger strap from the plumbing isle. Believe it or not this was an errand essential to a particular costume. Blue dress #2 has to have a corset (the exact form of said corset is yet to be determined). Based on all the research I have done this is a great and inexpensive solution to the need for a whale bone substitute. If I'm going to go through the detail and hassel of putting boning in a corset I want it to be sturdy and do its job. So here are my supplies. The tin snip and metal file are on loan from my dad, who happens to be a metallurgist and therefore, has all things needed for manipulating metal, on hand. If you are wondering this is not bringing me any nearer to a decision about the blue dress dilema.