another one :)
Chris R.
--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Prym/Dritz dress forms
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 11:00 PM
I'm another who uses the Uniquely You
, October 7, 2010 4:00:17 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Prym/Dritz dress forms
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
Well, for what it's worth, I've heard of people making a very tightly fitted
muslin of their own body, either one piece shoulder-to-hem, or with the seam
at the waist, and stuffing it to approximate their body. Not the easiest
thing to do, since you'd have to double check for non-circumferential
Alternately, a duct tape (or other material) dummy can be made over the
corseted figure, if that is desirable for costume fitting.
Ann in CT
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, Laurie Taylor costume...@mazarineblue.com wrote:
Then of course, there are the duct-tape doubles, paper-tape
doubles and
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
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,
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
