I use a combination of plastic and steel. Just make sure that the ends of
the plastic are rounded (easy to do with kitchen shears). The combination
works just fine for me and I wear a 26-28 US size.
My area of interest is 16th century Italian (just about everywhere except
Venice).
With regards,
kate
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From: "Susan B. Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re:18c
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'd recommend against the plastic route. At least against the plastic
boning you can get at JoAnn's -- I'm pretty curvy and have had two types
of trouble with the plastic stuff: (1) in the heat of wearing it (and
possibly lacing tight enough so my chest stays put - I have about a 10"
difference between ribcage and bust line - almost entirely in the front -
the plastic "melts" into my curvy shape, rather then making me nicely
tubular. (2) The ends of the plastic tweak and buckle something' awful
(and they _hurt_ when they do it, too!).
Thanks for that piece of advice. We have much the same problem -- I
boned an Italian bodice with That Stuff, and found that those ends do
indeed hurt where they decide to poke you -- and they *will* poke you
... I had never tried an Elizabethan, but I want to.
Jerusha, filing away *very* useful information
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Susan Farmer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of Tennessee
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/
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