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has anyone else ever done this?
Tried a new alteration the other day and it seems to work fairly well, but I was wondering if anyone else has ever tried this? I put a horizontal dart in the top edge of the cup from centre gore straight into the cup. Originally, the ribbon cut on the bottom edge and gaped on the top edge. This design may allow for a ribbon edged cup without the closed, cutting problem for FoT/tall roots, but without a lot of upper fullness, it just hung at an outward angle. This dart tightened the upper (outside) edge of the ribbon and in effect "loosened" the lower (inside) edge. It also lowers the cup height at the centre. It only fits because this bra had a little extra room for my centre fullness and a little extra room at the top of the cup by the strap already.
Anyone else have any recommendations/experiences?
32GG - Miss Mandalay ยป Paris Balconette Bra
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Yes. I do this with quite a few bras now, especially those where the gore is too high. I buy the bra one size too big, replace the wires with shorter, narrower ones, and then fold the gore over so the bra doesn't gape at the top and the wires are enclosed. Works to give me the right sized gore and a bra that neither cuts in nor gapes.
I must try this. Just need to find a gore I can collapse smaller than 1.6"
Telescoping gores...I need one :-) They have them for ladders that support 400+ lbs. Surely, we could design a gore for 20 lbs or less ;-)