Not all of them; be careful of foam type. And you can always wrap them in inert plastic, too.
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Schaeffer, Astrida [astrida.schaef...@unh.edu] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:09 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress forms Just be careful in museum settings-- they are not archivally sound, they outgas. Astrida ________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. [manordto...@stthomas.edu] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:39 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress forms I could not agree more. They are very easy to alter for short-term or long-term use (or even weight gain/loss for personal sewing). I use them in the museum displays because I cannot afford "of the period' mannequins. I recommend them. And when I have repadded or corsetted them, I slip a tight t-shirt or camisole over them for a smooth surface. On 5/28/10 12:31 PM, "Cin" <cinbar...@gmail.com> wrote: For all the whining about the foam dummies, I'd just like to make clear that they are heads & shoulders <grin> bettter than any other option. It's not hard to bob the exaggerated bits. It took only minutes to change excess boobage into protrusive shoulderblades. I cant stick pins in my plaster cast dummy. He was however, free, so I keep him. Foam squeezes just a little more to reshape just a smidge when you want to try a new style of corsetry. Plaster, paper tape dummies deform the underlying body you're trying to model. Dial-a dummies are just plain inadequate for most people. Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, buy several covers and do one each for your corseted, bullet-bra & natural shapes,. Sew her an arm for a sleeve form & pin it to the cover when you need it. They last for years! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Posted by: "foureverfaire" foureverfa...@yahoo.com foureverfaire Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 pm (PDT) Though i don't have a dress form myself, i have frirends that do and i've heard others talk about having the same challenge of having to cut down parts of the Uniquely You Dress forms. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
