I've put an Elizabethan corset on an augmented figure. Once the person is healed from the surgery, there shouldn't be a problem. What you will discover, however, is that fake breasts don't compress as much as real breasts. They're much firmer and tend to retain their original shape rather than creating the lifted shelf that Elizabethan corsets often produce. It's difficult to get the front profile as flat as is possible with real breasts as well.
If you're doing a Victorian corset, it should be much less of an issue due to the curvy design. If you're doing an 18th-century corset, you may have some difficulty creating a period effect, but the 18th-century aesthetic allows for a somewhat curved profile, and the lifted cleavage is more like that created by a modern push-up bra and less like the Elizabethan, so it should work well enough. Good luck, Melanie Schuessler On May 20, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Kay Shelton wrote: > I'm hoping someone here will know. A friend to whom I've promised a corset > is having breast augmentation surgery: a "boob job." How will this affect > her wearing a corset? Is it a matter of days, weeks, years? Can I fit her > if she doesn't wear it long? She's planning on asking the doctor, but I fear > the doctor may not have experience with costuming. Thank you for any advice > you can give. Kay > _______________________________________________ > 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
