Yeah, thank you. The petites are usually too short above the waist or too stingy in the bust. That's why I was hoping to be able to alter regular items instead. Thanks again. Lauren
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Kim Baird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You might look for petite sizes. They are made for persons with shorter > torsos. > > Kim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:18 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: [h-cost] Garment-fitting question > > > Hi, > Making historical costumes fitted to myself and others has made me so much > more critical of the ways modern commercial clothes make me look even worse > than I have to! I gained a bunch of weight over the past couple of years > that I'm having trouble getting rid of, and yet I still have to get dressed > every day and leave the house. Sigh. > The particular problem I am having with modern clothes is that things that > are big enough to go around my current girth are cut too long from waist to > hip. This gives some skirts and dresses a pot belly all on their own, > independent of mine. Is there any relatively simple alteration to the > clothes that would fix this, while I am working on the alterations to my > shape? I know I could take the waistbands off skirts and shorten the length > from waist to hip, so the skirt gets big where I do; one-piece dresses seem > to present a harder puzzle. In fact I'm a little confused about how they > manage to produce the paunch when they're not actually tight anywhere. Any > suggestions? > > Thank you. > Lauren > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
