Yes. I think sometimes people expect foundation garments alone to give
a period posture. They don't.
Fran
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In a message dated 8/9/2006 4:26:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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They also assumed different fashionable postures in walking, stan
In a message dated 8/9/2006 4:26:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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They also assumed different fashionable postures in walking, standing,
etc.
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This can be really important. You can dress someone up to the nines and if
they slouchor don't s
The problem with starting from a pattern block/sloper is, that a modern
sloper is a modern pattern with modern seam lines, etc. Now, you _can_
turn it into a historic pattern of any kind for any era, and some people
do.
(BTW, the Victorians manufactured a large number of "sloper" systems,
ma
> Probably a stupid question, but how do you all develope the
> pattern for the different corsets you do?
I prefer to start from an existing pattern - either from blowing up one of
Waugh's _Corsets & Crinolines_ patterns or from a commercial pattern (like Past
Patterns) and then fit the heck o
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Straight front corset (Waisted Efforts)
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:34:58 -0500
I've seen this book, and I didn't care for it for the very same reason. It
seems counterintuitive to try to make a co
I've seen this book, and I didn't care for it for the very same reason.
It seems counterintuitive to try to make a corset from a pattern
block. There's an entirely different principle at work--a different
kind of engineering, if you will. It seems to be a book for people who
want something t
