My local Hancock Fabrics is having a sale with Prym/Dritz dress forms
(the Twin Fit and My Double models) at $40 less than the usual price.
I've never had a dress form, and I'm wondering whether to take advantage
of this sale. Does anyone here have this kind of dress form? Is it
good quality
I have a Twin Fit, but I find it is useless for doing anything but skirts. I
can
never get it to be shaped like me. And it is hard so you can pin to it. It sits
unused in a corner now and I use my Uniquely You.
From: Emily Gilbert
To: Historical Costume
Sen
It is the one true dress form. Get it. Dont bother with dial a
dummies, duct tape ones or any of the non-pliable types. I've had
mine for 20 yrs and it's put up with moderate use & abuse... including
2 overseas moves.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Em
I'm with the group that says get a Uniquely You, or a similar squishable,
shapeable dress form. The hard ones like the Dritz form, which I did buy first
(actually it was a birthday gift from my hubby), will not be shaped like you
unless you do some major padding up from a smaller form. Mine neve
Hi--delurking here. I have 4 dress forms, and I have gotten them all at yard
sales/flea markets for $25 or less. AND they ARE in good condition, they are
awesome to have several of them and be able to have outfits up and working on
them. Keep your eyes open.
Yours inc ostumign, Lisa A
never
I'm another who uses the Uniquely You. Once you get the cover fitted
(and yes, that IS a process!), it's fabulous-- you can corset it so it
supports historicals properly! And of course you can pin into it, a
huge plus.
And it's HILARIOUS out of the box. My husband and I had FITS of
laught
