Just my 2 cents worth on corsets (I have quite a few)... There are basic 3 styles, underbust, mid bust and overbust... if you singer goes for an under bust then she can get the waist reduction to give her a better "shape" with less restriction on her lungs, if she goes with a mid bust you can design the corset to have either a half cup arrangement so it props her up or a design to flatten the bust but also applies restriction to the upper rib cage, if she goes with an over bust design then you can add full cups into the menu. Ideally a corset is for waist reduction, 2" (5 cm) is considered the minimum (tight lacers go for 6" or more), large women 18+ tend to look fantasic in a corset as it really promotes the hips by reducing the waist and I suspect this is what she wants people to see.
I usually wear a 28" corset so my measurements are 41 - 28 - 41, not too far from what your friend is after I suspect... This is going to be tight and restrict breathing for the inexperienced, you could make it with elastic lacing, never seen it done and I don't know if it will be workable or you could sew a stretch panel in the top side panels about 1-2" above the waist line, that would allow some expansion of the rib cage when doing circular breathing... you may need to start quickly and get her to trial it..... Sidney On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Carmen Beaudry <moreplen...@earthlink.net>wrote: > Thanks for sharing your experience. Just for my imagination: what >> bust-waist-hip reduction would you choose in this case? (Ho many cm >> smaller?) >> I usually make the bust about 2cm smaller than the measured bust >> circumference, the waist...up to 10cm smaller...and the hips - no reduction. >> >> Zuzana >> > > I make my lady's about 3 inches smaller in the bust and waist, and allow > about 4 inches of gap between the back edges. She's pretty "squishy", but > she's also losing weight, and the extra gap allows for that, and for us not > to have to replace her corsets so often. I've also made what she and I call > her "manly garment", which is a corset made to even out her curves for when > she plays male rolls. > > Melusine > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
