I know a few people who mod their fitted dress patterns into bras to wear under modern clothes. I’ve never wanted to, because I don’t want to have the girls squished together in normal clothes, but I think it’d be better than having an underwire digging into your armpit.
I know you’ve been having problems finding people to fit you. I need people to practice on for drafting by measurement. I’m going to ask publicly for volunteers in the next day or so, but would you like to be first on the list? I know you have particular fitting problems, but you’re not that far off from me.
I'm probably a good test case-- I think I can pretty definitely be termed a "Problem Figure", so if you can fit me right, you can fit anybody! (Well, anybody with my brand of "problem".) I have the nicely-weird compounding issues of a small rib cage (it's weird, it really has a noticeable dent right under my boobs and all the way around the sides), and a small attachment point for the boobs, and no space between them in front, and they just get unruly in general. I have to lift them pretty dang high for them to stay put.
The bras that I am currently most comfortable in are major-masher sports bras anyway, which give about the same look. I have been trying to modify choli patterns too, but so far success has eluded me. It's hard to get just the right fit.
I've actually purchased the pattern for a Regency corset from Reconstructing History-- the short type of corset, ending at the top of the rib cage-- in the hopes of making something that will produce an acceptably modern silhouette under clothing. (I also have other plans for it, so it wasn't just for that I bought it, but mostly.) I just am not having any luck with modern lingerie.
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Date: 2008-09-08 01:24 pm (UTC)I know you’ve been having problems finding people to fit you. I need people to practice on for drafting by measurement. I’m going to ask publicly for volunteers in the next day or so, but would you like to be first on the list? I know you have particular fitting problems, but you’re not that far off from me.
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Date: 2008-09-08 01:44 pm (UTC)I'm probably a good test case-- I think I can pretty definitely be termed a "Problem Figure", so if you can fit me right, you can fit anybody! (Well, anybody with my brand of "problem".) I have the nicely-weird compounding issues of a small rib cage (it's weird, it really has a noticeable dent right under my boobs and all the way around the sides), and a small attachment point for the boobs, and no space between them in front, and they just get unruly in general. I have to lift them pretty dang high for them to stay put.
The bras that I am currently most comfortable in are major-masher sports bras anyway, which give about the same look.
I have been trying to modify choli patterns too, but so far success has eluded me. It's hard to get just the right fit.
I've actually purchased the pattern for a Regency corset from Reconstructing History-- the short type of corset, ending at the top of the rib cage-- in the hopes of making something that will produce an acceptably modern silhouette under clothing. (I also have other plans for it, so it wasn't just for that I bought it, but mostly.) I just am not having any luck with modern lingerie.