helpful hint... make the little pilow out of cotton or linen and put a velcro strip or tack it in with big stiches...those of us busty girls can collect swet under there and having several to change out will help prevent bacteria growth ,smell and chaffing.i have tree..one on, one to have drying and one for the next day if i going to be wering the corset let us say for a whole week end.
Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL I am made for great things by GOD and walk with Pride!!!! Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 1100ad see me dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMtOoXtMs0 --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Andrew T Trembley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Andrew T Trembley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Corsetry issues- interior pillows? To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 3:22 PM On Oct 3, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Natalie wrote: > Andrew T Trembley wrote: >> <snip> >> The Elizabethan corset is a perfect example. It doesn't cinch down >> the waist much, it just produces a very flat front and the illusion >> of a smaller waist. For larger women it often includes a little >> interior support pillow for the breasts to rest upon, reducing the >> need for compression to provide support. It doesn't have to be >> really tight to do its job. > I confess that my knowledge of period correct corsetry is still > rather new, within the last two years or so, but I have not seen > reference to this interior pillow before. Do you have some sources > you can refer me to? I am a larger woman myself and if this is a > more comfortable alternative then compression, I'll be glad to > experiment with it. Haven't got doc for it. Wasn't my corset. It was a way of coping with the solid (often wood) busk in the front of an Elizabethan corset. Many of my friends at faire put in a firm "twinkie" sized support pillow, without which they would not have been able to achieve the right silhouette. Without the pillow they would have had over-mashed breasts, falling breasts, or (with a less-rigid busk to compensate) a non-flat front. None of them would have matched the silhouette represented in portraits and sculpture. If you're doing something for competition, I would worry about documentation. If you're using machine stitching and other modern techniques to make your costume, I wouldn't worry. If it's a cheat, it's a completely invisible cheat. andy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
