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And trying to figure out how to re-architect one to change the placement of the seam when I don’t even know anything about bra-making always seemed like asking for trouble. Sure, I could probably try my hand dyeing one of them, but that still doesn’t give me any options for more fun fabric choices and personalization.Īnyway, as you can probably start to see… there is nothing about modern bra-making posts that’s left me feeling there was anything there for me! Traditional modern style bras are easy to find and people are sewing them up like gangbusters… think Pin-Up Girls Classic Bra, Marlborough, Boylston, etc. And the Bali Flower comes in white, beige, or if you’re a larger band size (I’m not), black. the WKD bra comes in peach and black satin, two lovely options. My two favorites in ready-to-wear are the What Katie Did cone bra, and the Bali Flower bra. It’s my unicorn of bra shapes! It’s great under vintage and retro clothing, and particularly great for those with short torsos and relatively large cup sizes, as it gives kind of the effect of lengthening your torso because it lifts the breasts up a bit more. This style has no foam nor padding, the bra shape doing all the work for me to get my girls in the right position. (There are probably some technical details to describe this style that I don’t know, by the way.) It’s comfortable with or without an underwire, and gives me the flattering shape I want under vintage clothing without being a bullet bra (just too pointy, and I can’t fill them out right without pads, which I don’t want). A cone-shaped bra with a mostly-horizontal cross-cup seam is the ticket for me. I’ve moved onto more mid-century style clothing, but the bra shape I wear is exactly the same. Ironically five years ago next month, I did a post on bras and a 1940s bust silhouette, which is actually still one of the top posts on my blog. It’s a retro style, popular from the 1940s through the 1960s, but still exists now in limited fashion. (Incidentally: I cannot stand the term “panties”, I call them underwear whenever possible.) In fact, I have to be honest and say that most of the bra making posts and photos I see online have kind of annoyed me.
A slip yes (not that I’ve ever bothered getting to it).
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