I have the Uniquely You form also and my plan is to saw off the perky bosom and add one of my bras stuffed to match me. I think that will squish just fine under a corset.
Cactus --- On Wed, 12/12/07, Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Speaking of Dress forms... > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 5:28 PM > The only thing I could suggest is to get a smaller > dress form, something close to what you "ideally" > want > to drop your size to, and then add padding to it to > make it fit your current size. > > I've tried duct tape doubles, brown paper tape > versions, and the biggest issue I have is that my body > shape is in constant flux. I even bought a store brand > dritz or something that is now too big as I have lost > some weight. And the body shape was never right > anyways, as my torso is long, and my lower half's > largeness is in a different area than where it is on > the dress form. > > My plan for now is to get a Uniquely You dress form at > my hoped for future size (or smaller), a different > sized cover to fit the current me, and pad it up to > fit. Besides being pinnable, the other bonus is that > it is squishable, so I can hopefully corset it, too... > with a little added padding in the breast area, as I > understand that squishes in, not up. > > hth, > > Kimiko > > --- Peggy - Krazy Kat Fiberhaus > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> So, what I want to know is: What > > dress form would you > > recommend for a for a gal like me? > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > > > *Peggy Viney * > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
