> > The easy way to see if this will work on your model: Have her lie down. If > > you press on the bottom side of her breast, does the top "plump"? If so, > > you can make the dress do that. (It should go without saying that you are > > fitting lying down -- right? You'll never get the mass positioned > > correctly if you fit her standing.) > Hmm, I might try lying down again, we tried it in the early stages of the > fitting but couldn't get it firm enough to give her much support, then > again, now I'm manipulating the side seams rather than the front seam it > might work better (when I started I tried a curved front seam but then > decided to go for a straight front seam instead)
Speaking as a very small busted woman, I have to say here the lying down method really will not help. Especially not if her ribcage is very rounded. The bosom just winds up shifting around the ribcage to do the complete opposite of what you want the bust to do. It requires far too much effort to then lift the bosom as you are working against far more gravity than you normally would. The only way I've found to get the breasts close together enough to get any kind of clevage is to stand up and lean forward, just like you do to settle into a bra. To get support without flattening out, you also will need to have a shaped centre front. This way you can easily have the body very well fitted from waist to under the bust (well a little higher than that to make the bust settle a little higher and so a little rounder) then ease the fabric over the bust. This means you don't flatten the bust which is usually as easy to squish as any other bust, but because of the size will easily flatten to nothing. I find it easiest to cut the backs of my bodices/bodies of gowns slightly narrower than expected specifically for this type of issue. I cannot do most of the fitting on the side seams as it makes me wider rather than rounder, which is not the shape disired in any of my chosen periods. By cutting the back quite narrow I can really pull at the centre font to get a good amount of tension in the torso (and thus narrow the area below the bust) and then give a bit of ease over the bust which also helps visually make it look fuller than the area directly under it. Something I also as I fit myself, is to wear my best supportive bra, and fit from waist to under bust, and then take my bra off to fit over the bust. That way the rest of the bodice/body is fitted enough to focus soleyy on the one area. A few years ago I also played a role in a modern play where I had to have a very defined bosom, preferably with cleavage.* I was only able to acheive it by a padded bra with extra padding supplied by shoulder pads and the front of the bra sewn so the underwires touched. Even then, no cleavage. Big bust, no crease. So I had to use bronzing powder to create it. Michaela de Bruce very lucky as most women in my family are overendowed and have all kinds of back pain. http://glittersweet.com *cleavage n. The act of splitting or cleaving. The state of being split or cleft; a fissure or division. So it refers to the crease, not just the mound of the breast. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 22/08/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
