I have a very old Elizabethan pair that were made with the narrow zip ties. I loved the thing. More than a decade of fair wear, and they lasted with only one bone ever breaking, and it never worked through the canvas layers (2 layers). The whole front is solid boning, and the back is every other channel. I gained weight, I lost weight, and it held me through to even my largest size 24.
The only issue is that there is a bend in the waistline, because I could and often did bend over to pick something up or to tie my shoes. But that bend line is not seen once the rest of the outfit is put on over it. They are only now being replaced with an effigy style body, made with flat oval reeds this time. I wanted to see how well reeds hold up in comparison. Kimiko --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Penny Ladnier <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Penny Ladnier <[email protected]> > Subject: [h-cost] Corset boning with zip ties > To: "h-costume" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 5:40 PM > There is an interesting topic on the USITT costume designers > email list about using zip ties for stays in corsets. Has > anyone tried this? Here is a URL for an example: _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
