I'm confused; she did bone it, just made it without tabs. -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Melanie Schuessler Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:15 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan Pair of Bodies for a petite figure.
Ah--that can cause real problems. Boning the tabs will help in that situation, but adding shoulder straps will help more. I should clarify that I'm not against boned tabs. They're great. But if you're putting a slender person in their first corset, and there's no boning in the sides and back, I think they're more work than they're worth. Melanie Schuessler On May 21, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: > Hers didn't have shoulder straps. > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume- > boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Melanie Schuessler > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:47 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan Pair of Bodies for a petite figure. > > > On May 20, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: > >> 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. > > True, but if the corset isn't too long (which can be quite > uncomfortable) and if it has straps (which it really should), tying > the > farthingale to the corset should distribute the weight of the > skirts up > through the torso. I had the same issue with the weight of the skirts > resting on my waist and lower back until I tied the farthingale to the > corset. > > Melanie Schuessler > _______________________________________________ > 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
