I took loose the bottom of my old corset and added tabs. In the spaces I added longer boning, too. It helped tremendously. I like the grommets and the ties to hold them together. My new one doesn't have those... YET. After wearing the farthingale and it being a bit too long, the grommets and ties will be added before the next time I wear it. My new one does have the tabs and it make everything much more comfortable for me. It actually stayed on my waist/hips... which isn't as defined as it used to me.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:13:36 -0700 > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan Pair of Bodies for a petite figure. > > My daughter is thin and made a corset without tabs. She has not been happy > with it, as it transfers all the weight of the farthingale and skirts to her > waist/back. She now wishes she'd made one with tabs to help distribute the > weight better. Remember, thin women don't have as much "padding" as we > not-so-thin ones. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Elizabeth Walpole > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:32 AM > To: 'Historical Costume' > Subject: [h-cost] Elizabethan Pair of Bodies for a petite figure. > > This has been cross posted to another list so sorry if you get it twice. > I've offered to help a friend make her first Elizabethan outfit and I am not > sure about the best style of corset to recommend as her body type is exactly > opposite to mine. She is short, very slim with almost no hips or bust > whatsoever (whereas all my experience comes from fitting my 5'10" > overweight, very curvy figure). She will be using the Reconstructing History > corset pattern > https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/rh203-elizabethan-corsets.php?s=&c=22&; > d=190&e=30&q=2&p=43&w=21 (I think the most important difference is probably > between the boned or unboned tabs). So for those with experience fitting > similarly non curvy figure type which style would you suggest? > Thanks > Elizabeth > ------------------------------- > Elizabeth Walpole > Canberra, Australia > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
