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    Lace it up - The true Corset thread

    Sorry to say this but bying from Meschantes is a bit of a lottery you may get a wellmade good fitting corset or a badly one if any corset at all. For years it has been lots of writing about this corset company in corset forums, corsetgroups on Yahoo and on livejournals. It is common to have...
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    Lace it up - The true Corset thread

    Found this today not sure if it has been posted before. Have anyone tried this one? It do look nice but is very pricy but seems to be able to have it made after your own measurements. http://www.periodcorsets.com/865.html?store_products_id=50 Annalai
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    Friend Needs Help...

    Two places to order from. http://www.farthingalesla.com/ http://www.corsetmaking.com/ Annalai
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    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    This two articles even if they are some years old maybe interest some. They are about the waist size in the 50s and how much the womens body has changed. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-a-size-12-to-a-16-how-women-have-changed-shape-546959.html...
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    corsets for men?

    Do a search on male corsetry it does exist a blog about men in corsets with pictures and information with links to other places like forums etc about corsets for men and women. This is from Staylace about corsets for men. http://www.staylace.com/thomaslierse/@wtmmtc.htm...
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    Petticoats

    I wear petticoats and I buy both new and vintage ones but also makes my own. The softest ones made from chiffon will not scratch at all but they also does not give as much fullness like a petticoat made from tulle or organza. Hope it is ok to post a link to this site. It is all about...
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    Clothing color combinations

    This is two interesting books to buy or lend Colour me confident http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Me-Confident-Change-Your/dp/060061395X and colour me younger for women age 40 or older. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Me-Younger-Look-Great/dp/060060313X/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Annalai
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    Advertisments pictures

    Hi all, I found a very nice site with old advertisments of perfumes lingerie etc. http://bellesdepub.free.fr/ Annalai
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    This may help how to resize a pattern. http://www.sensibility.com/pattern/resizepattern.htm http://www.sewnews.com/resources/qa/qa0806d/index.html
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    Am I the only one...

    Hi, I am Swedish with pale skin and I use the skin caring foundation in color Bisque from Exuviance. http://www.skin-one.com/exuviance-foundation.html All my facial products are from exuviance since some 2 years now and this is the best thing I have done for my skin. Do a search on...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    Something rather funny happened to me about a year ago at an airport. I was in Belgium and was going to fly home to Sweden I am Swedish. In the line in front of me at the airport while waiting to check in it was two women about my age dressed much differently very modern and both in pants. I had...
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    human hair nets

    Well this art is still living in Sweden but it is not common. It is still women who makes things from hair and try to keep this art alive and it is growing in Europa. You can send your own hair and have something made from it. Before women for example braided a clockchain for their husbands...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    How often do you change the needle? I recently had problem with my sewing machine with the thread and stitches and the reason probably was an old wrong dull needle and not the fabric or the thread. I was told the average lifespann for a needle is about 10 hours (sewingtime). I was also told...
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    should stores charge for plastic bags?

    I have not read the whole thread but IKEA is Swedish and here in Sweden we have to pay for the bags at IKEA both the plastic and paper ones. We also pay for the bags in grocery stores both the plastic and the paper ones. We do not pay for the bags in clothes and shoe shops but this is rather...
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    Help with a shoe colour

    I have a dress in the same colour and I either use black shoes, black gloves and black hat etc with nude stocking with black seam on the leg. The other way is I wear it with my cream white shoes and matching bags cream gloves and hats etc. and nude colored stockings. To this outfit I also...
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    Lysol ... where?!

    About breastfeeding this is actually true to some degree. Breastfeeding provides reliable protection against pregnancy during the first six months when there is no menstrual bleeding, even among women who give occasional supplements. However, when a baby is breastfed without supplements or...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    Here is some information on how to make your own dressform. http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00002.asp http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=109877.0 Annalai
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    Thoughts about waist training and the hourglass figure today.

    Hi, I belong to the few in the world who tightlace and has done so several years without any problems with my health. To get a figure I have now has taken me YEARS of slow and safe reduction. I tightlace for my own. I like the look and how it feels and I have no healthproblem doing so...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    Hi, I have made petticoats from similar soft net (soft tyll, tulle is the name they sell it under here in Sweden) they use for bridal veils and not the very hard scratchy one. Insted of lace around the bottom edge I have used satin binding so it does not scratch the stockings. With this...
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    Hat Making

    Hi all, Here is some free books about hatmaking. http://vintagesewing.info/ look under millinery. Here is two intresting books about dressmaking also. http://vintagesewing.info/1940s.html#4xlgcm Annalai

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