The "rude comment" part referred to my criticism of corset patterns
developed from a pattern block as seen in Waisted Efforts--unless someone
with a great deal of skill alters the pattern, the result is almost always
all wrong.
If you really didn't like the pattern I can see where you'd want to make
rude comments about it.
As to extra padding, the Edwardians came up with an amazing range of
garments and products to generate the right shape, from the inflatable
bust pad to heavily boned bust forms and beyond. Examples:
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/straightfrontcorsets/photos/browse/92a0
Yep. It's absolutely period to improve nature - for about any historical
period there is - and, in fact, one of the things Edwardians used was
called a "Bust Improver".
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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